Vella Seedai /Sweet Seedai /Jaggery Seedai

Vella Seedai /Sweet Seedai /Jaggery Seedai:

     Vella Seedai  is a tamil name since jaggery is called as "Vellam" in tamil .Hence vella is derived from the word vellam. This is also known as Jaggery seedai / Sweet Seedai. I Love to have vella Seedai than the Uppu Seedai. This is easy to make and also made with the simple ingredients.
  This is also made as the neivedhyam for Lord Krishna on Gokulastami. Try this recipe in your kitchen and let me know how this comes for you.

Ingredients:

1. Rice flour - 1 cup
2. Urad Dhal Flour - 2 tsp
3. Coconut - 1 tbsp (grated)
4. Sesame seeds - 1tsp
5. Jaggery - 1/2 cup
6. Water - 1/4 cup
7. Butter - 1 tbsp
8. Oil - As required for deep frying

Method:

• Dry roast urad dhal and cool it completely and grind in a dry mixer grinder and sieve it get a fine powder.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Heat a pan and add coconut and saute till it evaporates the moisture in it.
• Take a mixing bowl add rice flour, urad dhal flour, coconut and mix well and 1 tsp of sesame seeds,melted butter and mix well.

                                     

• Dissolve jaggery in an pan and filter the impurities. Heat again and make it to a thick syrup need not want to obtain the string consistency.
  
  
  
  
• Add this jaggery syrup and make it to a tight dough.
• Roll it to a small marble size, and pierce it using the tooth pick, if crack is there while rolling it don't bother it it help to avoid bursting and keep it in a news paper/white cloth to absorb the moisture in it.
  
  
  
  
• Heat oil in a kadai for frying.
  
  
  
  
• Drop each balls and fry till golden brown. Fry it in a low flame (Since jaggery is added it will quickly attain the brown color so it it important to fry in a low flame).
  
• Now our seedai is ready to serve.