Thursday, March 7, 2013

Kanahindri (Sweetened Rice Flakes Balls)

Kanahindri is a traditional jaggery based Konkani sweet. It is a very old sweet and rarely prepared now. I didn't know about this until recently. My SIL mentioned me about it. Hence thought of giving it a try. The sweet turned out very well. This recipe doesn't demand ghee/butter. A simple yet delicious sweet! Do give it a try.



Ingredients:
  • Flattened rice/ Poha- 2 cups
  • Grated Coconut, fresh/frozen- 1 cup
  • Grated jaggery- 1 1/2 cups
  • Water- 3/4 cup
  • Cardamom pods- 4-5

Procedure:

Grate the jaggery.



Then start dry roasting the flattened rice (rice flakes) in a small pan, on medium heat. The rice flaked starts to wilt after few minutes. Then turn off the heat.



Allow it to cool on a plate.



Then grind the roasted rice flakes, to get a fine powder. Crush the cardamom seeds as well.



Now in the same pan, heat water and jaggery on a medium heat.



Keep stirring the mixture occasionally. When it comes to a boil, add the grated coconut.



Let the grated coconut simmer in the jaggery for 4-5 minutes. By now, the mixture starts to thicken. Turn off the heat and add cardamom powder. Mix well. Then add the rice flakes powder, little at a time and mix to get a soft dough (the powder completely absorbs the moisture resulting in a non- sticky dough).



Then form small balls (of desired size), of the resulting mixture and flatten them a bit. You can give any shape to the mixture.



Kanahindri is ready!!



Serve it immediately or store it in a refrigerator for few days. Above measurement serves 3-4 people.

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