Ingredients

Channa dal - 3 cups Rice - 1 1/2 cups Urad dal - 1 cup Jaggery - 250 gms (about 2 to 3 cups grated jaggery) Cardamons - 5 Coconut - 1/4 cup grated or few coconut pieces fried in ghee Cashews - few Oil - for deep frying

Method

For batter: 1. Soak rice and urad dal for about 6 hours. 2. Grind this into smooth and thick batter, add little salt and keep it aside. For poornam: 1. Wash the channa dal, add double quantity of water and cook until soft. 2. Remove any excess water and mash it nicely (or can be mashed in blender). 3. Add jaggery to this dal and cook until it becomes little hard. 4. Add fried cashews, grated coconut and crushed cardamons to this. 5. Make a medium size balls from this mixture. 6. Dip this in above batter and fry them in hot oil until brown. 7. Serve hot.