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Poornam Boorelu Recipe
Poornam Boorelu is a traditional Andhra sweet. Dumplings made with black gram, jaggery, butter and coconut are fried in butter.
- Total Cook Time1 hr 10 mins
- Prep Time 10 mins
- Cook Time1 hr
- Recipe Servings2
- Easy
Ingredients of Poornam Boorelu
- 1/4 kg bengal gram
- 1/4 kg grated jaggery or sugar
- 12 cardamom powdered
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1 cup coconut cut into small pieces (optional)
- 125 gm black gram
- 1/4 kg rice flour
How to Make Poornam Boorelu
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1. Wash and soak black gram for 4 hours.
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2. Drain water and grind it to fine paste adding very little water.
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3. Add a pinch of salt and the rice flour and mix it well. Leave it covered for a minimum of three hours.
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4. Pressure cook Bengal gram with just enough water.
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5. Add jaggery or sugar to it and cook it again stirring in between till it becomes a thick paste.
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6. Add the coconut pieces (fried in a Tbsp of melted butter), cardamom powder and the remaining melted butter and mix well.
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7. Make them into medium size balls.
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8. Heat oil, dip each sweet ball in the black gram-rice flour mix and fry till golden brown. Three to four ball can be fried at a time.
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9. Stored in a air tight container, they last for two to three days.
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10. Before eating, make a hole and fill it with two spoons of melted butter, provided your diet permits. Sometimes, while being fried, these poornam boorelu may break if the consistency of the black gram - rice flour mix is not soaked long enough.
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11. You have to be very careful on these two counts.
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12. To the remaining black gram - rice flour mix add salt and green chili paste. Make medium size balls and fry in oil.
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13. They make great savory and go well with the sweet.