Ingredients

• 1 cup - semolina
• 1/2 kg - jaggery
• 4 pieces - cinnamon (powdered)
• 200 gms - vegetable oil or ghee
• 1/2 tsp - salt
• Sugar - As per taste
• Salt - As per taste

How to Make Pitha arisa

• Boil 2 litres of water in a wide mouth pan.
• Add sugar, salt, cinnamon powder and 1 tbsp ghee.
• Pour semolina slowly and stir continuously, cover the pan and reduce the flame.
• Cook till it absorbs the water completely. Let it cool.
• Knead it properly to make a smooth dough.
• Heat a pan, add coconut and sugar.
• Fry till the coconut turns golden brown.
• Make small balls from the semolina dough. Roll it and stuff it with the fried coconut.
• Deep fry till golden brown.