Recipes - Selroti

Ingredients:

• 3 cups Basmati rice, soaked for a few hours
• 3 cups soft butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon ground cardamom
• 1/4 cup almond nuts
• 1/4 cup cashew nuts
• 2 tablespoons grated coconut
• 3 cups chilled whole milk
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 liter cooking oil
• Powdered sugar for dusting

Cooking Instructions:

In a blender, grind soaked rice, grated coconut, almond and cashew nuts into a coarse paste. In a large bowl, combine ground rice, butter and sugar; mix well. Add vanilla extract and salt; incorporate well. Start adding milk gradually to the rice-butter mixture, constantly stirring. The end result should yield a batter with consistency similar to that for pancakes.

Heat oil. Pour some of the batter into a baking pipe. Pipe out the mixture into oil so that you have created an enclosed circle. Allow frying until the oil side of Selroti is golden brown; turn over on the other side. Remove from oil once both sides are cooked to golden brown and crispy. Place on a sheet of paper towel to absorb excess oil. Continue frying until all the batter is finished. To serve, place two Selrotis on a plate; dust them with powdered sugar.