Vella Cheedai (Jaggery Seedai)

Ingredients

Rice flour - 1 aahakku (200 grams)
Urid dhal flour (Ulutham paruppu maavu)- 1 tablespoon
White Sesame - 1/2 teaspoon
Chopped or Grated Coconut - 1 teaspoon
Jaggery (Vellam) - 3/4 aahakku (150 grams)
Cardamom powder - 1 pinch

Preparation

1. Heat urid dhal in a dry pan
2. Roast till it turns red
3. Grind this in a mixer grinder
4. Filter the urid dhal flour using sieve and keep this ready
5. Filter rice flour using a sieve and keep this ready
6. In a dry pan, heat rice flour till it turns red
7. Allow it to cool down
8. Add sesame to this
9. In a pan, add jaggery and water. Water quantity is one-and-half the amount of rice flour.
10. Heat till the jaggery melts. Might take 5 minutes
11. Filter the jaggery water to remove any sand and other impurities
12. In a pan, heat this jaggery water for 5 to 7 minutes
13. Add the chopped or grated coconut
14. Add rice flour and immediately turn off the stove
15. Thoroughly mix the rice flour with jaggery water and prepare a dough. (Add cardamom powder during mixing.)
16. Prepare balls from the dough
17. Heat oil in a pan for frying, in medium flame
18. Fry the balls to prepare vella cheedai