Paal Kozhukattai/Rice Balls in Milk(My Version)

Ingredients:

Rice Flour – 1cup

Milk – ½ litre

Coconut Milk – 1cup

Coconut (Grated) – ½ cup

Jaggery – 1cup (acc to your preference)

Hot Water – 1cup

Cardamom/Elaichi – 1teaspoon

Salt – ½ teaspoon


Method:

1.Knead Rice Flour along with salt into a dough using Hot water. Roll beads size balls out of the dough.

2.Boil milk in a pan. Once the milk boils add a handful of balls and wait till it rises up (maybe 3mins).Again add a handful of balls and repeat till all the balls go into the milk.

3.In a separate pan, add Jaggery pieces and 1 ½ cup water, and allow it to melt. Strain the Jaggery syrup and pour it into the milk with rice balls.

4.Once the raw smell of the Jaggery goes away, add cardamom powder, grated coconut and coconut milk. Simmer the gas. When a boil comes, turn off the gas.

5.It tastes good when served mild hot.


NOTE:

1. Never keep the gas in high after the coconut milk is added.

2. Stir only with the back side of a ladle.Orelse the rice balls will lose its shape and gets dissolved in milk.

3. You can also steam cook rice balls and then add to the milk & coconut milk mixture. It should stand at least for 1 to 2 hours, so that the rice balls get soaked in milk.