Monday, April 29, 2013

PalaThalikalu for Ganesh Chaturdhi

All You Need:
  • Milk : 4 cups
  • Rice Flour : 1/2 cup + 1 tsp
  • Sugar : 1/2 cup or to taste
  • Fresh or Frozen Grated Coconut : 1/4 cup
  • Cardamom Powder : 1/2 tsp or A pinch of cooking camphor
  • Ghee : 2 tsp
The Recipe:
  • Combine the rice flour and a teaspoon of ghee in a wide bowl. Add boiling water little by little to the flour, mix very well with a spatula and make a soft dough.
  • Allow it cool for a couple minutes then knead it well.
  • The dough should be soft and smooth. Grease your hands with little ghee and divide the dough into small balls & shape into long strips.
  • Take a wide vessel and bring milk to boil. Add the sugar and cardamom powder and allow it to boil for a couple of minutes.
  • Now add the dough strips to the boiling milk and cook for 10 - 15 minutes.
  • Dilute a teaspoon of rice flour in a little water and set aside. Now add the coconut and diluted rice flour mixture to the milk and cook for 3 -5 minutes and switch off the flame.
 

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