Athirasam

Introduce

Chef :

Latha Thamil

Athirasam

Athirasam is a popular sweet in TamilNadu (Southern part of India). We usually make it at home during Diwali festival. Preparation takes about 2-5 days as the dough we prepare has to be fermented. Once the sweet is ready, it can be stored at room temperature for upto 10 days.

Ingredient

400 g

raw rice

300 g

jaggery

green cardamom

1/2 cup

water

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Wash and soak raw rice for atleast 2 hours

* Step 2

Drain the water completely and spread it on a cloth. Wait until the cloth absorbs excess water.

* Step 3

Dry grind the rice along with cardamom

* Step 4

To make sugar syrup: Powder the jaggery and boil it with 1/2 cup water until you get soft ball consistency (pour a tsp of jaggery syrup into a cup of water. It shouldn’t dissolve in water. You should be able to collect it and make a soft ball out of it). No need to get 1 string consistency.

* Step 5

Switch off the flame. Add rice flour to the syrup little by little and stir it continuously. Dough is ready

* Step 6

Keep it at room temperature for atleast 2 days. (Can be kept at room temperature for 2 to 5 days)

* Step 7

After 2-5 days, Heat oil in a pan for deep frying. Divide the dough into small lemon sized balls.

* Step 8

Take a piece of plastic wrap or ziplock, grease with oil. Grease your hand with oil too. flatten the ball by pressing with hand. Not too thin, not too thick. Make a hole in the center. Carefully drop it in oil. Fry both the sides in medium flame until it turns golden brown. Do it one by one