Kerala

Avalose unda

Name: Avalose unda
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Kerala
Ingredients: 2 cups raw rice flour slightly coarse rice flour; 1 1/2 cups fresh grated coconut; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; a pinch salt; 1 tbsp optional sesame seeds; 1 cup grated jaggery; 1/3 cup water; 1/2 tsp cardamom; 1/4 tsp dry ginger powder (ground ginger)

Roasted rice flour and coconut rolled with jaggery into crumbly balls. Kerala's original travel snack.

80 minTime

2 gProtein each

mildSpice

Avalose podi first3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySlow roasted podi and dark jaggery syrup.

The original

229kcal

2 gprotein

2 gfibre

80minutes

Avalose unda as Kerala homes make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Rice flour2 cups raw rice flour, slightly coarse

Fresh grated coconut1½ cups

Cumin seeds½ tsp

Salta pinch

Sesame seeds1 tbsp, optional

Jaggery1 cup, grated

Water⅓ cup

Cardamom½ tsp

Dry ginger powder (ground ginger)¼ tsp

Method

5 steps

1Rub the rice flour, coconut, cumin and salt together with your fingertips and leave for 30 minutes.
2Roast the mix in a heavy kadai on low, stirring constantly, until golden brown and sandy. Add the sesame seeds for the last few minutes.
3Melt the jaggery in the water, strain out any grit and boil until the syrup is thick and sticky.
4Pour the hot syrup over the roasted powder with the cardamom and dry ginger, and mix well.
5While still warm, press into lemon sized balls with lightly wet hands. Cool fully and store airtight for up to two weeks.

Serve it like this

Pile a few unda in a small steel plate with a banana and a tumbler of black coffee or tea.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Kerala

Avalose unda

Roasted rice flour and coconut rolled with jaggery into crumbly balls. Kerala's original travel snack.

80 minTime

2 gProtein each

mildSpice

Avalose podi first3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySlow roasted podi and dark jaggery syrup.

The original

229kcal

2 gprotein

2 gfibre

80minutes

Avalose unda as Kerala homes make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Rice flour2 cups raw rice flour, slightly coarse

Fresh grated coconut1½ cups

Cumin seeds½ tsp

Salta pinch

Sesame seeds1 tbsp, optional

Jaggery1 cup, grated

Water⅓ cup

Cardamom½ tsp

Dry ginger powder (ground ginger)¼ tsp

Method

5 steps

1Rub the rice flour, coconut, cumin and salt together with your fingertips and leave for 30 minutes.
2Roast the mix in a heavy kadai on low, stirring constantly, until golden brown and sandy. Add the sesame seeds for the last few minutes.
3Melt the jaggery in the water, strain out any grit and boil until the syrup is thick and sticky.
4Pour the hot syrup over the roasted powder with the cardamom and dry ginger, and mix well.
5While still warm, press into lemon sized balls with lightly wet hands. Cool fully and store airtight for up to two weeks.

Serve it like this

Pile a few unda in a small steel plate with a banana and a tumbler of black coffee or tea.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Avalose unda

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Avalose unda

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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