Make Konkan-style rice flour bore for Diwali faral, an easy traditional sweet

The Diwali festival begins with Vasubaras. These days there is an atmosphere of joy and enthusiasm everywhere, and homes prepare a variety of faral delicacies. Alongside chakli, sev, chivda, laddus, anarse and karanji, some traditional items are also made.

In the Konkan, rice flour bore are made in every home at Diwali. They are made from rice flour and jaggery, taste excellent and are also considered good for health. Everyone likes them very much. Dishes that are ready quickly with few ingredients appeal to everybody anyway.

Very few homes make traditional dishes during the festival days. These bore, which can be made in little time, are something you can make too. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients: white sesame seeds, rice flour, grated fresh coconut, cardamom powder, nutmeg powder, salt and oil. Jaggery and water are also needed.

First, roast the white sesame seeds in a pan (kadhai) on low heat until light red. Then roast the grated fresh coconut in the same pan. The moisture in the coconut must dry out completely, so that the dish does not spoil.

Next, put jaggery and water in a pan and bring to a boil. Once the jaggery has dissolved completely, turn off the gas.

Now, in a plate, add the rice flour, cardamom powder, nutmeg powder, roasted coconut, salt to taste and a moyan of hot oil. Mix everything well with a spoon. Then pour in the jaggery mixture, bring everything together and knead the dough well.

Make small balls of the dough and leave them to fry in hot oil in the pan on low heat. Cook the bore well on both sides.

That is it: rice flour bore made the traditional Konkan way are ready. Store them in a container only after they have cooled completely.