Maavunda / Rice Ladoo

Maavunda / Rice Ladoo is a  snack popular in the central parts of kerala. Its very easy to prepare and can be stored for several days  without any taste change.

INGREDIENTS:

• Raw Rice flour(fine powder)- 2 cups
• Jaggery(grated) - 1 cup
• Grated Coconut(Finely grated) - 1 cup
• Dry Ginger powder / chukku podi - 2 pinch
• Cardamon powder / Elakka podi - 2 pinch
• Salt water

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Sprinkle little salt water in the rice flour and mix well.
• Add grated coconut in to the flour and mix well.
• Heat a heavy bottomed pan and roast the rice flour and grated coconut  in medium heat till it is crisp and  golden colour . 
• Remove from fire and let it cool.
• Add little water in jaggery and let it dissolve.
• Bring this syrup to boil in a vessel, stirring constantly till one-thread consistency is reached.
• Add cardamom powder, dry ginger powder and the roasted rice powder into it and mix well.
• Remove from fire and make small balls out of the mixture.(it will be hard to make balls if the mixture is cold)
• Apply little rice powder on your hand so that it doesn't stick. 
• Sprinkle some rice powder over the ball to prevent it from sticking together.