vella seedai/Jaggery seedai

Ingredients

1.Raw Rice-1 cup

2.Butter-1 tbsp

3.Jaggery-0.75 cup

4.urad dal-0.25 cup

5.water-less than 0.5 cup

6.oil-for frying 

7.Coconut-2 tbsp

8.Cardamom powder-1 tsp

 

Method

1.Soak the raw rice in adequate water for 4 to 6 hours.

2.Drain the water from raw rice after 4 to 6 hours.Then in a thin muslin cloth  spread the raw rice so that raw rice should become dry.(It approximately takes 1 to 2 hours).

3.Then grind the raw rice completely so that there should not be any lumps.

4.In a dry pan add the grinded rice flour and stir it well for a minute.

5.Using filter just filter all the lumps or coarse particles.

6.In a dry pan add urad dal and stir it for a minute.

7.Grind the urad dal into a fine mixture.

8.In a dry pan add jaggery and 1 tsp of water  to dissolve jaggery .(Dont add too much water).when jaggery comes to boil just switch off the flame.

9.Now add coconut,cardamom powder to the pan containing jaggery .stir it well.

10.Now add 1 cup of rice flour,1 tsp of urad dal,butter and just kneed the dough.If it is too hard add little water.

11.Divide it into equal size balls.

12.In a dry pan add oil and allow it to get heated.

13.Just drop one and check whether it is not split or broken.If it is split or broken add rice flour and kneed the dough with small amount of water.If the dough becomes dry it usually happens like this.so kneed it small amount of water and drop it.

14. vella seedai/Jaggery seedai is ready for Nyveidhiyam.

 

 

vella seedai/Jaggery seedai is usually done as Nyveidhiyam for krishna jayanthi.