Ariunda has been my childhood favorite sweet and I am sure its just not mine but there will be hardly any Keralite who would not like this sweet. This sweet was most seen when the sweets are gifted to the bridegroom's family by the bride's family and then again during the delivery of the baby(s).
Also, those days it was pounded in a traditional grinding machine called ' ulakka and ural' where they pound the three ingredients until it comes together and forms a ball. And to those who have eaten would remember how hard it used to be but very very tasty too. It was the worth the effort breaking one open and devouring it :) And not to forget to mention it used to be really huge size ball.
My recipe is very different from the traditional way, its easy, sweet and of course extremely soft.Me and my family like it that way ..so here goes the recipe
Ingredients
Rice - 1 cup
Coconut - one med size
Jaggery syrup - one cup
Cardomom powder - a big pinch
Method
Wash and dry the rice and then dry roast it well. Let it cool for sometime and then powder it well in the mixer.
Grate the coconut and grind it well in the mixer.
I usually melt one kg of jaggery in one cup of water . Out of this I removed one cup of syrup. If you are not intending to melt one kg jaggery you could probably take some 300 gms of jaggery and melt in 1/4 up of water, strain and use one cup of the liquid.
Once these three ingredients are ready mix the powdered rice and coconut well and add cardomom powder too. Slowly add the jaggery syrup ad bring the mixture together. Leave it for 15 minutes so that the syrup is absorbed a bit. Make soft balls of the mixture and your ariunda is ready.
My family loved it a lot as it came out very soft, and my dear husband commented that it just melts in the mouth :)
cook and enjoy!
Thanks! :)
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