Name: Poornam boorelu
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: ½ cup black gram dal; 1 cup raw rice; 1 cup raw rice; 1 cup grated jaggery; 1 tsp cardamom powder; Salt to taste; Oil for deep frying

Poornam boorelu

24 Mar 2018

by Deepthi (in memoriam)

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Total Time

1 hour

Background

Poornam boorelu is one of the most popular sweets in southern state of Andhra Pradesh. It completely embodies the idea of a traditional Andhra sweet to the hilt. The perennial favourite is a deep fried sweet ball, the filling of which is prepared from Bengal gram, jaggery or sugar and cardamom powder.

Ingredients

½ cup black gram dal
1 cup raw rice
1 cup raw rice
1 cup grated jaggery
1 tsp cardamom powder
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

Instructions

Soak black gram dal and raw rice for 6 hours.
Wash and grind them separately to a fine batter and mix them to make dosa batter consistency
Add a pinch of salt and mix well. Leave aside covered.
Cook Bengal gram dal with just enough water to cover the dal. Drain any leftover water from the dal after it is cooked.
Add jaggery to the dal and use masher to mash them together till it blends well.
Add cardamom powder and mix well. Shape small sized balls.
Heat enough oil in a wide heavy bottomed vessel for deep frying the balls.
Dip each ball in the batter and let it coat evenly and place in the oil and deep fry till golden brown and crunchy.
Serve warm. Just before eating, make a small hole on top and fill it with little ghee or melted butter.