Aathrasu | Kajjaya

Aathrasu is a Jaggery Sweet Dish. Ideally made on festival / occasions and mostly by the Iyengar community. This is also called Kajjaya in Kannada. Tried it for the Dussehra / Navaratri Festival and it came out really delicious.

Prep Time : 20 Mins + 2days
Cooking time : 15 Mins

Ingredients

• Rice  / Aarshi / Akki - 1/2 kg
• Jaggery / Vellu / Bella 4 cup (adjust the jaggery sweetness)
• Finally Chopped Coconut pieces / Thenga churu / Thengina churu - 2 tbsp 
• White Sesame seeds / Valle Yell / Beli Yellu - 2 tsp
• Cardamom Powder / Yellarshi pudi / Yellaki pudi - 1/2 tsp
• Ghee / Ney / Thuppa - 1 tbsp

Method

1. Soak rice for 2 days in between change water. Drain the water completely 
2. Lay a clean cotton towel & Spread the wet rice evenly. Dry it in the indoor only.
3. Dry it for 2 hours. Make a fine powder / flour using mixer or flour mill. 
4. Make a jaggery syrup (like caramel), add rice flour, coconut pieces, cardamom powder and ghee stir and mix well on the low flame and remove from the flame. Let it cool down completely sprinkle a tablespoon ghee and close the lid for few hours.
5. Make a small balls and press it like puri size apply sesame seeds and deep fry it in the oil till golden color. Press hard remove excess oil.
6. Serve

PS : for quicker version soak the rice overnight and prepare and follow the same steps.

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