Ingredients

• 1/4 cup - coconut, grated
• 3/4 cup - jaggery, ground
• 2 tbsp - water
• 1 tsp - cardamom powder
• 1 tsp - clarified butter/ghee
• 1 tbsp - rice flour (optional)

How to Make Kamarkattu - Coconut Jaggery Balls

• Heat ghee in a wok and roast the grated coconut till slightly brown in color. Keep aside.
• Heat jaggery in the same wok along with water. Melt the jaggery and strain to remove the impurities.
• Again heat the jaggery syrup on low heat till it becomes frothy.
• After few minutes, pour a drop of syrup in a plateful of water. You should be able to roll that drop. If it doesn't reach that consistency cook a few minutes more.
• Now add the roasted coconut (keep low flame ) and mix well. At one stage, the mixture become thick and leaves the sides.
• When the mixture is still warm, grease hands with oil and make tight balls. Roll in rice flour & set aside.
• Follow the same procedure for all the balls.
• Coat in rice flour if you have some. Enjoy with tea.
• Recipe Courtesy: Cooking With Sapana