POORNAM BURELU

Preparation time: 2 hours

Ingredients:

Chana Dal - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup sugar
Elaichi(cardamom) powder - 2 tsps

for the batter

Rice -1/4 cup Urad dal (Minapappu) - 1/2 cupsugar


Preparation method:

1. Wash and soak rice and urad dal in water for about 2 hrs.

2. Soak chana dal for about half an hour. Pressure cook dal in 1 cup of water till 4-5 whistles. Set Aside.


3. Grind rice and urad dal to smooth paste adding sufficient water. It should be ground to thick dosa batter , set aside for 4 hours.

4. Heat a kadhai, add cooked dal, sugar, elaichi powder and on medium heat keep stirring till the dal turns thick enough to make a ball.

5.Stirring continuously helps dal not to stick to the pan.

6. Allow the paste to cool. Grease your hands with oil or ghee and roll the paste to lemon size balls

7.. Add sugar to the fermented batter.. Adding sugar gives a mild
sweet taste when compared to adding salt.

8.heat oil in a deep pan. Reduce the heat to medium.

8. Dip each ball into the batter, so that it evenly gets coated. Drop them gently into oil and fry them till golden brown.