Rice Flour - Sweet adai - Nonbu Adai

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Rice flour
• 3/4 cup Jaggery
• 2 -4 Cardammom
• 1 Tab sp. Karamani / Chowla (soak and cook separately)
• 2 tbs. grated coconut
• 1 pinch salt

Method:

• Boil 2 cups of water & add jaggery and a pinch of salt.
• When it dissoves completely, strain to remove the dirt.
• Put the jaggery water to boil again.
• ( Keep ½ cup extra boiling water ready, by the side.)
• When it boils, first add cooked karamani & coconut.
• Then add the flour in one stroke & mix well till it blends.
• Simmer the flame, add cardamom powder.
• The whole thing will form a lump.
• In case the water is not sufficient, add a little more boiling water from the reserve.
• Remove and allow it to come to the room temp.
• Knead well to a dough.
• Form lemon size balls, flatten into discs - adai and steam till done.
• (aprox.10 min. like idly)
• Cool & remove.