puffed Rice flakes or puffed paddy flakes – 1/4 kg (This is not ordinary aval. In shops, they will make puffed flakes out of rice flakes and paddy flakes. This puffed flakes should be used). jaggery – 400g, peanuts – 50g, cardomoms – 6, dry ginger powder (sukku podi) – a pinch, finely cut coconut pieces – 1 cup
Jaggery syrup: In a separate vessel, make syrup out of jaggery, adding water until it just gets immersed and heating it. The syrup should become thick enough, so that when you add a drop of it in a vessel of water, it should solidify immediately. When the syrup reaches this stage remove from the stove.
Clean the puffed flakes and take it in a large bowl.Roast the coconut and peanuts separately without oil and add it to the flakes.Add the cardomom powder and dry ginger powder. Add the jaggery syrup and mix for about 2 minutes until the temperature cools down to a state where the hand can withstand the heat. Do not cool it too much, then the balls will not come properly.Grease the hand with either rice flour or ghee. Make the mix into medium sized balls using the hand.