Paal Kolukattai

Amma used to prepare this atleast once in a month when we were kids. It was a sweet memory , sitting together with sisters in kitchen and rolling small balls out of rice dough.

Ingredients

Rice flour - 1 cup
Jaggery - 1/2 cup
Cardamom -1
Coconut - 2 Tablespoons grated
Milk or coconut milk -  1 cup (optional)
Salt - a pinch

Method
1.Boil water.
2.Mix pinch of salt in rice flour, add boiled water in rice flour. Mix with a spoon.
3.When it cooled down, knead it to a smooth ball.
4.Make small balls out of this mixture.
5.In the mean time, boil water(+ milk if using) in a pan.  when it is boiling, put a handful of these small balls in the water.
6.It'll float after 2 -3 minutes. Now add next batch of balls. wait till they are floating on the top.
7.Finish with all balls.
8.Add powdered jaggery. Add more if you want. Add the crushed cardamom.
9.Once jaggery is melted, mix  2 teaspoon of rice flour with 1/4 cup of water and add it to the mixture.
10.keep it medium flame for 5 minutes.
11.Swith off the stove.
12.Add grated coconut( and coconut milk if using).
13. Serve after 5 minutes.