Ingredients

• 1 cup - rice flour (idiyappam flour/puttu podi)
• Boiling water as required
• 1 cup - coconut milk (can be replaced with milk)
• 1 cup - milk
• 1/2 cup - sugar

How to Make Paal Pidi

• Boil water with a pinch of salt.
• Pour it into the rice flour little by little, mixing with a spoon as you go.
• Once it all comes together, knead for a minute to get a soft dough.
• Take a small pinch of this dough, no bigger than the size of a cherry, and roll into a small ball. Repeat until the rice flour dough is used up.
• Steam these pidi in an idli cooker for 10 - 15 minutes, till they are cooked through.
• If the balls are big, it may not cook in the middle, so keep the size of the pidi small.
• In a wide thick bottomed pan, mix coconut milk, sugar and whole milk together and bring to a boil.
• Add the steamed pidi into it and let it boil for 10-15 minutes till it thickens a bit.
• Taste in between and add more sugar if required.
• Add half a tsp of cardamom powder, if desired and serve hot or cold, decorated with nuts.
• You can make this with coconut milk or whole milk alone or use a combination of both.
• Recipe courtesy: My Kitchen Trials