Arisi Kool Vathal

ARISI KOOZH VATHAL: Soak 6 cups of raw rice for 2 hours and then grind it to a paste. Keep it covered for a full day. In the next morning, boil 2 liters of water in a big vessel. When the water begins to simmer, add 100gms of cleaned and washed sago [javvarisi] with 1sp of asafetida. Let the sago simmer on a medium fire until it is half-cooked. Then add the rice paste and the ground paste of 30 -40 green chillies with enough salt. Mix well and cook the koozh until it is done. You can immediately press the koozh into desired shapes with the help of a presser on a clean cloth and let them dry under the hot sunlight.