Preparing Kajjaya/ Athirasa/ Atrasa is very easy and please do watch this video and you will be surprised and definitely you will prepare it.
Things needed :
Raw rice/Dosa Rice : 2 Cup
Jaggery (powdered) : 1 Cup
Sesame seeds : 1 Tb
Oil to fry : 1 Cup or little more
Cardamom : 3 to 4 Pods
Method :
1. Wash and soak rice for 24 hours. Yes it has to be soaked for twenty four hours.
2. Then wash it again, drain it and spread it on a towel inside the home.
3. Let it dry for a while. (1 hour will do). By the time dry roast sesame seeds.
4. See that it does not dry completely. The moisture should be there.
5. Dry grind and sieve it. Fine powder it should be.
6. Dry grind the rava consistency rice powder again to be powder. Sieve it again.
7. Now the rice powder is ready.
8. Keep a pan on the fire and put 1/2 cup of water or little less than 1/2 cup. Add Jaggery to it.
9. See that it is completely melt and turn as little more than one string consistency.
10. To check the consistency of jaggery keep little water in a cup. Put a drop of jaggery drop in it.
It should not melt in water. It should stay as a drop but thick.
11. Now add sieved rice flour and sesame seeds. Mix it well in jaggery. Put off the fire.
12. Take out the pan from fire and keep it aside. Add 1 tbs of ghee and mix it nicely.
13. Let it cool down. Mix it well and kneed the dough nicely.
14. Divide the dough into small portions and kneed each portion nicely and bring it to a ball shape.
15. Keep a pan and put oil to pan. Heat it.
16. Take a small portion and pat it on your palm or oil spread plastic can be used to pat the Atrasa as little big.
17. Put this Atrasa in medium hot oil and fry on both sides till it turns golden brown.
18. Remove it from the oil and put it on a kitchen tissue. So that extra oil is absorbed.
19. Atrasa is ready to serve or to eat.
20. It is nice to eat on next day.
