Pori Urundai 

Pori Urundai is a traditional sweet made during Karthigai deepam festival as a neivadanam in Tamil Nadu. It is traditionally made with nel pori / arisi pori or aval pori since I didn't get that I have used regular puffed rice to make this urundai.Check out how to make traditional pori urundai recipe below.

Ingredients

Puffed rice -3 cups

Jaggery -3/4 cup

Cardamom powder-1/4 tsp

Dry ginger powder-1/2 tsp

Coconut pieces-2 tbsps (roast in ghee till golden brown)

Ghee-1/2 tsp

Recipe Video

Method

👉Heat ghee and roast the coconut pieces to golden brown colour and set aside.

👉Boil the jaggery in 1/2 cup water for a minute strain it to remove impurities. 

👉Again boil the jaggery syrup until HARD BALL STAGE (To check stage- pour a drop of jaggery syrup in a bowl of water if it holds shape and is hard then the syrup is ready ) immediately switch off the gas.

👉Add the cardamom powder,dry ginger powder,and roasted coconut pieces to the jaggery syrup and mix well.

👉Add the puffed rice and mix everything swiftly

👉 Allow it to cool for few seconds.

👉Grease your hands with ghee and make big lemon sized balls immediately( if it is sticky dust it with little rice flour and make balls).

Preparation Time-30 mins

Yield-11 urundais