Avalose unda

This is one of kerala's traditional snacks.

It is one among the snacks that we prepare at home during christmas, while we were staying in tamil nadu.Three or four days prior to christmas, I guess that would be during our half yearly holidays in school we would start our preparations.As my mom was working she would be availed leave only 1 day prior to christmas so we spent our time late nights to make all the "palakarams" or snacks for christmas, so that we could distribute to our neighbours and friends on 'Christmas day'.

Sometimes these unda's turn out hard, so my sister and I, while having a scuffle,used to tease our mom threatening to use "mom's avalose unda" as a weapon to safeguard oneself.However when I grew up found out that lemon juice used could soften these unda's.So here is the recipie.

To know how to make avalose podi please refer to Avalose podi.

Ingredients

Avalose podi obtained from 4 cups of rice

Grated Jaggery-1/2 kg

Lemon juice- juice of 1 lemon

Dried ginger-pinch

Elakka-4-5

Melt jaggery in a pan with little water, keep stiring  until it reaches a thread consistency.

Do not overcook else the final product will turn out to be hard.

Now turn of the flame and add juice of 1 lemon, crushed cardomom and dried ginger now slowly keep adding the avalose podi to the melted jaggery and mix well until a batter is formed to make sticky balls.[Do not use all of the avalose podi, retain some amount to coat the sticky balls].When the heat is bearable, start making small balls and coat them in avalose podi.

Serve it during tea time.