KINNATHAPAM (sweet rice cake)


Ingredients

Raw rice - ¼ kg
Coconut milk -3 cups (milk from 1 full coconut)
Egg - 4 nos
Sugar - 400 gms
Cardamom - 5 nos
Ghee - 2 tsp
Method
Wash and soak rice for at least 30 minutes.
Grind rice to a very smooth batter with ¾ cup of water.
To the fine batter add 4 eggs and continue grinding to get it thoroughly mixed.
Now add coconut milk and sugar to the batter and stir well to dissolve the sugar (maintain the batter in liquid consistency). Filter the batter using a sieve.
Grease a deep pan (thali, depth of the vessel should be about 1 ½ cm) with ghee.
Pour the batter in to the thali and steam for 10 minutes.
Allow warming up. Cut in to squares and serve.