Poha balls - easy and tasty balls with poha aka beaten rice and Jaggery

INGREDIENTS
Poha - 1 cup
Jaggery - ¼ cup + 2 tbsp
Grated coconut - 2 tbsp
Cardamom powder - ¼ tsp
Cashews - 1 tbsp broken
Hot melted Ghee - 2 tsp

INSTRUCTIONS
1) Measure and keep all ingredients ready. Wash and soak poha in water until its soft enough to mash. Squeeze the water completely from poha once it's soft.
2) Heat jaggery in a pan with water till it immersing level.Switch off the flame once slight honey like consistency is reached. Strain the jaggery water using a strainer to remove impurities.
In a tsp of ghee, fry the cashews until golden brown. Now in a bowl, add soaked poha, melted jaggery syrup, ghee fried cashews, grated coconut and cardamom powder.
3) Mix everything together and mash it completely with your hands. Grease your hand with ghee and start making balls.
4) Make balls with the remaining mix and serve the poha balls.

Notes :
1) I used thick poha variety, you can either use thin or thick variety based on the availability.
2) If you couldn’t make balls and the mixture becomes watery, heat it for two to three minutes to evaporate the water.
3) You can even use red poha variety which is more healthier.
4) You can adjust jaggery as per your liking’s.
5) This poha balls stay well for a day.
6) Always check with your doctor before giving any new food to your baby.
7) Make sure to introduce everything separate to your baby before you try this poha balls.
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