Ingredients

• 2 cups - wheat
• 1 cup - whole green gram
• 1 cup - rice
• 4 cups - jaggery
• 1 tsp - dry ginger powder
• 10 - 15 pieces - cardamom (elaichi) powder
• 1/2 coconut, cut into 1/2 inch pieces

How to Make Purwalankai

• Roast wheat, gram and rice separately till they turn light brown over a low flame.
• Grind the three together into a fine powder and sieve.
• Add jaggery in 1/2 cup of water, cook to make a syrup.
• To ensure it is properly done, drop a little syrup in water to see if it sinks. If yes, then the syrup is done.
• Remove the syrup from fire and add cardamom and dry ginger powder, sliced coconuts and 90 per cent of the fine powder.
• Roll this mixture into small balls of required size and roll them in the remaining powder. Cool the balls and serve.