DEVAKOTTAI SAMAYAL ARAI

Anjarisi Panniyaram is a Chettinaad Special Snack. The ingredient uses 5 rice varieties  and that is the reason it has this name. You need : Boiled Rice - 1 cup Raw Rice - 1 cup Paasi Paruppu - 1 cup (Yellow Moong Dal) Javvarisi -   1/2 cup (Sabudhana) Rava  -  1 cup Sugar - 1 1/2  cups Jaggery -  2  cups Method of Preparation 1. Wash and soak both rice and paasi paruppu together for 2 hours. 2. Wash and wet the Sabudhana 1 hour later 3. Soak rava with little water 1/2 hour before grinding. 4. Now, after 2 hours, grind all soaked items except rava. 5. After grinding the ingredients well, add rava , jaggery and sugar and grind for a little amount of time. 6. Now, the batter consistency should be thin than dosa batter. Make this batter on the day before you are      going to make the panniyarams and keep in the refridgerator. 7. The next day, take the batter out 1/2 hour before making panniya...

Javvarisi urundai /Sabudhana ladoo is a very healthy and yet another Diwali sweet. You need: Javvarisi/Sabudhana - 1 cup Roasted Gram Dal  - 1/2 cup Jaggery (powdered) - 1 cup Cardamom Powder - 1 tsp Nuts - any variety which you like 1. Heat a pan and dry roast the Javvarisi until they are light brown and crisp 2. Switch off the stove and add the roasted gram dal, the heat in the pan is     enough for it to become crisp. 3. Cool down both dals and powder them separately. 4. In a pan, put the jaggery and add little water, and heat it, just to dissolve it      and strain the dirt. 5. Add cardamom powder in the syrup. 6. In a large bowl add the powder and mix well 7. Add the nuts , and the jaggery syrup and 1 tbsp hot ghee 8. Now, mix well and make balls.  Enjoy the healthy sweet on this ocassion of Diwali ! Happy diwali to all !:)