Verkadalai Urundai:
Select unsalted peanuts fried light brown &crisp.
Peanuts - 4 cups
Powdered jaggery - 1 ½ cups.
Lime juice - 1tsp
Ghee - to smear on hands
Add ½ cup water to jaggery & heat the mixture on the stove, stirring frequently till jaggery dissolves completely.
Strain the mixture to remove dirt from jaggery .
Boil the strained liquid till it reaches this stage – one tsp taken out &added to little water should be able to be rolled into a ball without disintegrating .
This is the correct stage.
Add lime juice & remove.
Keep the peanuts ready in a lightly greased plate – pour this syrup all over , simultaneously mixing syrup & nuts completely.
Keep some ghee ready nearby.
Smear your hands with ghee& make small balls – don’t roll it tight now .
You must roll all the balls fast before the whole mixture becomes firm.
After you have rolled the whole mixture , take each ball &shape it better.
Cool completely & store in airtight box.
Pottukadalai Urundai:
Same as above.