Boorelu

Also known as Andhra style deep fried sweets.

A traditional sweet that is the favorite of most Telugu people and made on festivals and joyous celebrations is boorelu.

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Makes 9 boorelu.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup channa daal (bengal gram)

• 1 1/2 cup water

• 1 cup grated jaggery

• 1 tbsp ghee

• 1/4 tsp cardamom powder

• 1 cup urad daal (split black gram)

• 2 cups uncooked rice

• oil for deep frying

Method:

1. Wash urad daal and rice and soak separately for 4-5 hours.

2. Blend soaked urad daal and rice along with enough water to make a batter consistency. Keep aside.

3. Wash channa daal and pressure cook with 1 1/2 cup water.

4. Drain and mash channa daal until smooth.

5. In a pan, heat jaggery, ghee, and mashed channa. Cook until mixture is dry on medium heat.

6. Add cardamom powder and mix well. Let cool completely.

7. Make lime-sized balls shown in above picture.

8. Heat oil for deep frying.

9. Dip each ball in batter and fry until golden brown.

10. Serve with ghee.