Saturday, October 3, 2009

Poornam-Boorelu



Poornam-boorelu is an Andhra classic sweet dish made on festive occasions. It is made with sweetened chana daal or moong daal filling coated with urad flour batter and fried. As you can see from the ingredients it is highly proteinaceous. The two versions of this dish are made either with sugar or jaggery. The jaggery version is very earthy and is my family's favorite. It is usually served with little ghee in the poornam (filling). To prepare this delicious sweet dish with less effort look at the recipe and tips below. Try for yourself and enjoy!



Ingredients:

1 cup urad flour
2 cups rice flour
3 cups water
2 cups chana daal
2 cups jaggery
1 cup grated coconut
1 tsp cardamom seeds- ground


Method:
Batter preparation: Mix the flours and water into smooth batter. Let it soak 8hr. to over night in a warm place for fermentation.
Poornam (Stuffng): Cook chana daal in a pressure cooker. Add jaggery, coconut, cardamom and mash well or blend in a food processor.
Make small balls with the chana daal-mix. Preheat oil in a frying pan while making the balls. Dip the balls in the urad-rice batter to coat fully. Drop them in oil and deep fry till they turn red. Remove from pan and place on paper towels to remove excess oil.
Serve hot or cooled with ghee added in the poornam.


Variations: This is a modified quick version. The batter can also be made according the original procedure by soaking 1:2 urad daal:Rice in water –grinding to smooth batter like dosa consistency and allowing to ferment. You can achieve the same taste with this shortcut procedure with less effort. However make sure the batter ferments well by keeping in a warm place before making poornam-boorelu.

Reposting for event Diwali 2009 contest hosted by Priya

19 comments:

  1. This looks so easy to make...let me copy this recipe.

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  2. SOMETHING NEW TO ME...SOUNDS YUM ,WILL GIV IT A TRY..

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  3. Its different but really seems tasty...Nice pic too raje

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  4. I enjoyed preparing for ICC, love this boorelu..

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  5. Different recipe using flours... looks delicious :)

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  6. Thank you for your comments, Vrinda, Sushma, Priya and Padma.

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  7. Its new to me raje but sounds great n tatsty 2..will try soon..

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  8. Looks so good, wish I could taste it!

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  9. Boorelu looks appetizing...love it.

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  10. Heyy collect your award dear.its waiting in my blog 4 U.

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  11. New To me, thanks for sharing :)

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  12. Thank you Sangeetha for your comments and sharing the lovely award with me. It is very encouraging...
    Thanks Somoo, Sireesha, Malar, and Kanchan for the feedback. This dish is very popular in Andhra, made during festivals and uses simple ingredients, Sure you can make it. Enjoy!

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  13. New recipe...sounds gr8 and looks yummy

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  14. I always love this dish! You made me to remember my childhood days.......... so Yum!

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  15. boorelu looks awesome! yummm....want to have one right now!

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