Akki Thambittu
This is sweet dish is prepared using rice flour. This is usually prepared during festivals and especially on Mangala Gowri Vrata and Nagara Panchami.
Time Required: 15 Minutes + Soaking and Drying time
Ingredients:
1 Cup Rice or Rice Flour
1 Cup Grated Jaggery
1/2 Cup Water
1/2 Cup Ghee / Clarified Butter
Method:
Soak Rice in water for 2 hours. Drain the water and spread on a cloth and let it dry. Grind Rice to a flour. In a Kadai roast the Rice flour for 2 to 3 minutes stirring continuously and remove to a tray and keep it aside. In the same Kadai add Jaggery and water and let the Jaggery melt. Seive the Jaggery syrup and keep it back on heat / flame. Add Ghee to the Jaggery syrup and stir. Add Rice flour and mix well to form a dough. Remove from heat and tie into balls.
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Hi Nirupama,
Please post information on Hoovilyada muttaide and baagina…
Thanks,
Niveditha.
Sure Niveditha. For bagina check the following link – http://www.itslife.in/2009/01/morada-bagina
Hi Niveditha,
I have written about Hoovilya, check the link to read the same:
http://www.itslife.in/2010/07/hoovilya
Regards,
Nirupama
Hi Nirupama,
Thanks for the link
To be frank your writing n explanation is so good.. Just by reading and remembering these procedures, one can inherit our state’s rich culture and heritage which is getting lost in recent times.. Dhanyavadagalu 
-Niveditha.