Chalividi (or) Rice flour dumplings

Chalividi - It is generally offered to god in prayers ...
It is made with either rice flour or wheat flour ... there are so many ways to make this and here i am giving one of them , which is soooo yummy...
This is the authentic way of making it ...

Preparation time : 15 mins
Makes : 2cups

Ingredients :

Rice : One heaped cup (Which gives 2 heaped cups of rice flour)
Sugar :1/2 heaped cup
Water : 1/2 cup
Ghee : 4 tsp
Cashew nuts : 8
Coconut pieces : 1/4 cup
Cardamom powder : 1/2 tsp

Method :

Soak rice for 6 to 8 hours and drain it.

When all water drained out make it into powder.
Give it to mill to get fine powder (or) you can use grinder to make fine powder.
(We call it as tadi biyyam pindi)
Sieve the flour.
Keep it aside.

Take a pan, add a tsp of ghee, add coconut pieces and fry them till they are golden brown in color.
In the same pan roast cashew nuts with a tsp of ghee.
Keep them aside.
Take a pan, add sugar and water.
Let sugar melt and wait till you can make a ball ( mudara vunda paakam) .

Add rice flour.
Soon you added flour Switch off the flame.
Mix it good.
Add ghee , fried nuts, coconut and cardamom powder.
Mix it once again.
Yummy yummy chalividi is ready :)
Believe me this tastes really really awesome.
Thank you, do post your comments !!!