arita (Rice) maNNi

Ingredients Rice – 250g Grated Coconut – 1 cup Salt – a pinch Jaggery Ghee Cardamom (Optional) Preparation Method Wash Rice and soak in water for half an hour. Grind Rice along with Grated Coconut, Salt. Add water to the mixture to make it dosa batter consistency. Add Jaggery according to your taste. Boil the above mixture with continuous stirring. The mixture thickens. At this point you may add ghee (Optional). On a plate place banana leaf. Smear Ghee on to the leaf.  Pour the rice mixture and spread it across the leaf. May add Cardamom at this point. Allow it to cool. Cut it into square pieces.