Chocolate puffed rice balls, Chocolate pori urundai recipe

Chocolate puffed rice balls recipe a exciting twist to the regular jaggery pori urundai we make for Karthigai Deepam.

Chocolate puffed rice balls is an easy and quick snack that you can make for your kids. Generally for Karthigai Deepam, pori urundai is made with pori and jaggery. This  is nothing but a chocolate version of pori urundai.

Usually pori urundai is made for karthigai deepam, just wanted to fancy it and came up with this chocolate pori urundai recipe. This is my second attempt as I flopped the first time. It was not that bad it was looking dull and tasted slightly bitter too so immediately tried again and yes here is the hit recipe for chocolate pori urundai.

I am sure kids will love it, yes both mittu and gugu loved it and thats the reason for me to share the recipe at once. Yes I just tried it today, it was super hit hence sharing it here.

As a rule of thumb for all pori urundai recipes, the hard ball consitency is the major check for this chocolate pori urundai also. I regularly make pori urundai every year after I started blogging so this year it was a exciting chocolate twist and above all kids loved it so much.

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Chocolate puffed rice balls recipe

Chocolate Chocolate puffed rice balls recipe, a traditional snack with chocolate flavour.

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time10 mins

Total Time25 mins

Servings12

AuthorSharmilee J

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Ingredients

• 1/2 cup jaggery
• 1/3 cup water
• 3 cups puffed rice(pori)
• 1 tbsp coco powder
• 1 tbsp dark choco chips
• 1/4 tsp vanilla essence

Instructions

• Measure jaggery and add it in a pan, add water and dissolve it well.
  
• Heat it up for 2mins just for the jaggery to get dissolved.Strain to remove impurities.
  
• Heat up the jaggery syrup, add coco powder,choco chips.
• Add vanilla essence.Mix well so that there are no lumps formed.
• Keep cooking.Consistency check : Keep a separate plate ready filled with little water.Take a drop of jaggery syrup and put it in water, it should stand firm and not dissolve as shown below.
• First it will form soft loose ball then forms a firm ball but not loose when you roll it with your fingers.When this consistency is reached, add the pori.Switch off and add the puffed rice.
  
• Mix well so that it coats evenly.Grease your palms with ghee or oil and roll them into tight balls taking care not to break the pori.Store in airtight container and enjoy!

Notes

• Make sure to mix well after adding the coco powder so that there are no lumps.
• Do not let the syrup burn, it may taste bitter.
• Cook in low flame throughtout the process so that you do not miss the consistency.
• You can replace choco chips with cooking chocolate too.
• I made small balls suitable for kids, but its purely your choice.

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Steps to make chocolate puffed rice balls recipe:

1. Measure jaggery and add it to a pan, add water and dissolve it well.
   
2. Heat it up for 2 mins so that jaggery dissolves. Strain to remove impurities.
   
3. Heat up the jaggery syrup, add coco powder,choco chips.
   
4. Add vanilla essence. Mix well so that there are no lumps formed.
   
5. Keep cooking.Consistency check : Keep a separate plate ready filled with little water. Take a drop of jaggery syrup and put it in water, it should stand firm and not dissolve as shown below.
   
6. First it will form soft loose ball then later forms a firm ball but not loose when you roll it with your fingers. Lastly add pori when we reach this. Switch off and add the puffed rice.
   
7. Mix well so that it coats evenly. Grease your palms with ghee or oil and roll them into tight balls taking care not to break the pori. Repeat to finish.
   

Lastly, store in airtight container otherwise it will turn soggy. This will be a great twist to our regular pori urundai especially kids will love it.

In summary this chocolate pori urundai is such a tasty snack.

My tips while making chocolate puffed rice balls:

• Make sure to mix well after adding the coco powder so that there are no lumps.
• Do not let the syrup burn, it may taste bitter.
• Cook in low flame throughtout the process so that you do not miss the consistency.
• You can replace choco chips with cooking chocolate too.
• I made small balls suitable for kids, but its purely your choice.