Broken/Crushed Rice Ladoos

INGREDIENTS:

• 250 gm. Broken/Crushed Rice
• 100 gm. Puffed Paddy(Lai / Khai in Oriya)
  

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• 250 gm. Jaggery
• 100 gm. Curd
• 500 ml. Oil
• 500 ml. Water

PROCEDURE:

• Keep the broken rice in a bowl. Heat 100 ml. oil in a Pan and add that hot oil in the broken rice and mix it well.
• Heat a Pan in a medium  flame with 250 ml water and put the Jaggery and stir it continuously. Cook it until it becomes thick. Pour it in a bowl and keep aside.
• Soak the puffed paddy with little water to make it soft.
• Add the broken rice, soft puffed paddy and curd all together in a bowl little by little and mix well.
• Make small balls(ladoos) out of it and keep them aside.
• Heat rest of the oil(400 ml.) in a Pan in high flame. Once it becomes hot, lowers the flame. Now add the ladoos into the oil and fry it until they become little brown.
• Take out all the ladoos and add them into the above prepared thick Jaggery juice and mix slowly.
• After 15 minutes,take out all the ladoos from the Jaggery and keep for cooling in plate.
• Broken Rice ladoos are ready to eat. It can be used by keeping in an  air-tight container in refrigerator for  10 to 15 days.                                                                   

                                                                    
                                                           Broken Rice Ladoos