Kanahindri is a traditional jaggery based Konkani sweet. It is a very old sweet and rarely prepared now. I didn't know about this until recently. My SIL mentioned me about it. Hence thought of giving it a try. The sweet turned out very well. This recipe doesn't demand ghee/butter. A simple yet delicious sweet! Do give it a try.
Ingredients:
Procedure:
Grate the jaggery.
Then start dry roasting the flattened rice (rice flakes) in a small pan, on medium heat. The rice flaked starts to wilt after few minutes. Then turn off the heat.
Allow it to cool on a plate.
Then grind the roasted rice flakes, to get a fine powder. Crush the cardamom seeds as well.
Now in the same pan, heat water and jaggery on a medium heat.
Keep stirring the mixture occasionally. When it comes to a boil, add the grated coconut.
Let the grated coconut simmer in the jaggery for 4-5 minutes. By now, the mixture starts to thicken. Turn off the heat and add cardamom powder. Mix well. Then add the rice flakes powder, little at a time and mix to get a soft dough (the powder completely absorbs the moisture resulting in a non- sticky dough).
Then form small balls (of desired size), of the resulting mixture and flatten them a bit. You can give any shape to the mixture.
Kanahindri is ready!!
Serve it immediately or store it in a refrigerator for few days. Above measurement serves 3-4 people.
Ingredients:
- Flattened rice/ Poha- 2 cups
- Grated Coconut, fresh/frozen- 1 cup
- Grated jaggery- 1 1/2 cups
- Water- 3/4 cup
- Cardamom pods- 4-5
Procedure:
Grate the jaggery.
Then start dry roasting the flattened rice (rice flakes) in a small pan, on medium heat. The rice flaked starts to wilt after few minutes. Then turn off the heat.
Allow it to cool on a plate.
Then grind the roasted rice flakes, to get a fine powder. Crush the cardamom seeds as well.
Now in the same pan, heat water and jaggery on a medium heat.
Keep stirring the mixture occasionally. When it comes to a boil, add the grated coconut.
Let the grated coconut simmer in the jaggery for 4-5 minutes. By now, the mixture starts to thicken. Turn off the heat and add cardamom powder. Mix well. Then add the rice flakes powder, little at a time and mix to get a soft dough (the powder completely absorbs the moisture resulting in a non- sticky dough).
Then form small balls (of desired size), of the resulting mixture and flatten them a bit. You can give any shape to the mixture.
Kanahindri is ready!!
Serve it immediately or store it in a refrigerator for few days. Above measurement serves 3-4 people.
This looks awesome and authentic.I am going to try it sooner.
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