Kadalai urundai/ mittai

Ingredients:

• Peanuts/ groundnuts-1 cup
• Jaggery - 1/2 cup
• Water-1/4 cup
• Cardamom powder- a pinch

Method:

• Dissolve the jaggery in water and strain them from impurities.
• Roast the ground nuts till nice aroma comes but make sure the colour doesn't change.
• Remove the outer skin of ground but and keep it aside 
• Now boil the jaggery syrup till you reach hard ball consistency.
•  Drop  jaggery syrup in water , you will be able to gather the syrup and form a tiny hard ball which stays and doesn't dissolve in water.
• Add cardamom powder mix well and add the syrup to roasted ground nuts, mix well and allow it to cool for a min.
• Grease your hand with ghee and make tiny balls when it is still warm.
• It will be very sticky so you must grease your hand with ghee.
• You can use the same method for pottu kadalai urundai,Elli( sesame) urundai.

Notes:

• Paagu vellam works best for this.
• Consistency of jaggery syrup is crucial here as little less or little more consistency spoils urundai.( If you throw the jaggery ball on a steel plate you must hear a ' tunk' sound😊.)
• You can also spread the mixture on ghee greased plate , cut it into pieces when it is warm and make kadalai burfi.