Andhra traditional festive Sweet: Poornam Boorelu

Ingredients:

For Poornam (stuffing):

• 1 cup Chana dal
• 2 cups Grated jaggery (bellam)
• 1/4 cup dry Grated coconut
• A pinch of Cardamom powder

For Batter:

• 1/2 cup Rice
• 1/4 cup Urad dal (minapappu)
• 1 tsp Sugar
• A pinch of salt
• Oil for deep frying

Making Procedure of Poornam Boorelu:

• First of all we need prepare batter for Poornam Boorelu. Follow the steps to prepare batter:
• Wash and soak the rice and dal for 6-8 hrs and then grind this into a smooth paste.
• Add sugar and salt and mix well and keep aside.
• Then you need to prepare poornalu. Follw the steps to prepare Poornalu:
• Wash and soak the chana dal atleast 2 hours and then cook it in a pressure cooker with with just enough water.
• Turn on the stove to low and mix the grated jaggery, elaichi powder and grated coconut.
• Keep mixing frequently to avoid burning.
• Let it cook until the poornam mixture forms a thick paste.Stir it continuously until it hardens.
• Allow it to cool and make lemon size balls and keep aside.
• Take the deep fry pan and heat oil.
• Dip the above poornam balls into the batter and fry them in oil till golden brown in colour.
• Remove from flame and serve them hot with few drops of ghee.