Aggala (with rice flour)

Aggala a sweet for your tea time, for treat your visitors or Sinhala and Tamil new year table.

INGREDIENTS:

For 18 aggala pills

• 3/4 pound of half-boiled rice (Miltard or some other boiled rice is available)
• 1/2 pound of minced coconut
• 1 3/4 pounds of Kithul honey
• 10 crushed peppercorns (optional)

METHOD:

• Wash the rice and fry till it turns brown
• Melt the honey once until it boils. Keep 1/2 cup of honey out of this honey (to be taken later if needed)
• Put coconut in boiling honey and cook 2-3 times till it boils
• Leave to simmer for 5 – 10 minutes.
• Gradually add the rice flour. Stir well. Add more honey if needed. The mixture should be slightly stiff