Athirasam

Soak rice for about 1hr and dry it over a cloth

Grind it into a smooth flour, sieve it if required

Meanwhile, dissolve jaggery in ½cup of water and boil it

Filter it to remove impurities

Further boil the jaggery water to get to a consistency where you can make a ball when a drop of syrup is dropped into water

Mix the syrup with rice flour, cardamom powder, white sesame and make into a dough

Allow it to rest for 4~5hrs

Take little dough, make it a ball and spread it over a banana leaf greased with oil into 2~2½inch circles

Fry it in oil in low flameAthirasam