Cherupayar Aavi Unda

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Ingredients for Cherupayar Aavi Unda:

1. Rice powder (shallow fried) – 1.5 cup
    Salt – ½ small spoon
    Sugar – 1 big spoon
2. Green gram soaked – 1 cup
3. Scrapped coconut – ½ cup
    Sugar – ¼ cup

How to prepare Cherupayar Aavi Unda?

1. Mix ingredients adding sufficient luke warm water to prepare dough.
2. Add a pinch of salt to the soaked green gram and cook in pressure cooker. Drain excess water.
3. Add ingredients no: 3 to cooked green gram to prepare the filling.
4. Make small balls from the prepared dough and make a pit in the middle.
5. Place a little filling inside the dough, cover it again to complete ball.
6. Complete the process for all balls.
7. Cook the balls in a steam cooker for 20 minutes.
8. Serve once the balls are cooled.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine April 16-30 2017.