1/2 litre milk
50g rice flour
150g sugar/jaggery
1/4 cup grated coconut
25g cashew nuts
3 tbsp ghee or butter
2g cardamoms, powdered

Paala Thaalikalu

1. Boil 1 cup of water in a pan. When they are boiled, add rice flour and mix well until thick dough forms.
2. Remove from heat and cool. When cooled, apply some oil to your palms and take some dough.
3. Roll the dough in between your palms into long strings. Repeat the process for the remaining dough and cut the strings to 1" pieces. Dry them for 15-20 minutes.
4. Heat ghee in a pan and fry the cashews until golden. Add milk to the fried cashews and boil for few minutes.
5. When the milk gets boiled, add the above prepared thaalikalu and sugar to the milk. Boil until thaalikalu gets cooked or until milk gets thickened.
6. Sprinkle cardamom powder grated coconut on the top and serve.