Aval Vilayichath

Ingredients:

1. Aval (brown or white rice flakes): 1/2 kg.
2. Jaggery: 3/4 kg.
3. Water: 1/2 to 1 cup.
4. Cardamom: 4 or 5.
5. Roasted Jeera powder: 1/2 tsp.
6. Cashew nuts-3 tbsp
7. Raisins tbsp
8. Coconut: 1 whole coconut scraped.
9. Ghee-2 tbsp

Method:

•  Heat water and add jaggery (if  jaggery is not clean you have to strain it once it is melted). After jaggery is melted allow it to simmer for sometime till  get a one string consistency (thread like).
• Then add the fresh coconut ..
• Mix well and allow it to simmer for another 3 or 4 minutes so that the moisture in the fresh coconut will be absorbed.
• Add the roasted rice flakes into this.
• Mix well. Lastly temper  ghee add cardamoms and drizzle on the aval. Sprinkle jeera powder and add cashews ,raisins and again mix well. When it is completely cooled,Serve with tea.. It is delicious