Ingredients

• 2 tsp - Cardamom powder
• 100 gms - Almonds
• 2 - Coconuts, fresh
• 6 tbsp - Ghee
• 440 gms - Jaggery
• 100 gms - Plums
• 1 kg - Rice, raw
• 2 tsp - Salt to taste

How to Make Manee

• Wash and soak the raw rice for 30 minutes.
• Then scrape and grind the 2 coconuts and extract 8 to 10 cups of juice.
• Now blanch and slice the almonds and wash the plums. Keep aside.
• Then grind the rice into a fine paste with a little coconut juice.
• Now remove and mix the ground rice with the remaining juice and jaggery and salt to taste, and blend into a thin batter.
• Then apply ghee to inner sides of a pan and pour the batter into it and boil stirring continually.
• When the batter thickens, add some more ghee and boil for 1 hour until it is sticky.
• Then add the plums, almonds and cardamom powder and stir.
• Now remove from fire and pour it into well greased plates and apply some ghee on the top and smoothen the surface with a knife.
• Let it cool.
• Now cut it into diamond or square shape pieces.