It is a sweet dish from Andhra Pradesh. This dish is made during festive occassion of Sankranti and marriages.
Ingredients:
1 kg rice
1/4 cup sesame seeds
3/4 kg jaggery
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
1 cup water
oil to deep fry
Method:
- Wash and soak rice for 6-7 hours
- Drain and let it dry on the cloth
- Grind the rice into fine powder
- Grate the jaggery and put in a pan
- Add 1 cup water to jaggery and boil it till jaggery melts
- On slow flame let it boil, till a thick syrup is formed (drop put in a 1/2 of water should settle down to form lump)
- Add the rice flour to it slowly and stirring continuously (no lump should form).
- Remove from fire
- Make balls of the mixture
- Pat the ball in to round puris on a plastic sheet
- Dab the puris in the sesame seeds
- Heat oil for deep frying
- Fry the puris on low flame till deep brown
- Let it cool and store in airtight container
Sankranti Sweets Index
