Ari Unda / Sweetened Rice Balls / Rice Laddu

Babitechi..... This one is for you.....Well friends she is my Sister in Law....

Ingredients

Parboiled Rice: 1 Cup
Grated Coconut: 1 Cup
Jaggery Grated: 3/4 Cup
Cardamom Powder: 1/2 Tea Spoon
Water: 2 Table Spoon

Cooking Time: 15 Minutes
Method

Wash the rice well and drain off all the water
To a thick bottom pan put the rice and roast the rice in medium flame till rice starts to puff up and crackle and change color to golden brown

Once the rice cools (Its better to grind the rice when it is warm) grind it into powder.
You don't have to make it too fine.  Just make it like puttu podi.
Coarsely grind the coconut and add it to the rice flour.  (Put it in a mixer and stir for a few seconds)
Put the grated jaggery to a pan and pour water to it and melt it well in low flame
Strain it and pour it to the rice mix
Using a spoon mix rice flour, coconut, jaggery and cardamon powder
Allow the mix to cool a bit and take small portions of the mix and roll it to small balls.
Serve it with a cup of tea

Notes:
Usually while making ari unda grated jaggery is added to the rice flour and put in a mixer and blended well.  But as i felt there is a lot of dirt in the jaggery i decided to make jaggery syrup so that i can strain it.
Increase or decrease the amount of jaggery as per your taste.
While roasting rice do not stop stirring as there is a chance of burning the rice
You can use Matta rice, Ponni rice, Kuruva rice etc to make ari unda