Boorelu | Poornam Boorelu | Poornalu | Burelu | Purnalu recipe
Boorelu or Poornam Boorelu or burelu or simply poornalu is a popular sweet dish in Telugu cuisine. These are made with chana dal and jaggery or sugar.
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Bengal Gram/ Chana Dal1
- 1/4 Cup Sugar
- 1 Tsp Cardamom Powder
- 1/2 Cup Fresh Coconut grated
- 3 Cups Rice Flour
- 1 Cup Maida/All Purpose Flour
- 2 Cups Thick Dosa Batter optional
- Oil for Frying
Instructions
- Soak bengal gram for 3 hours.
- Without adding any water grind it to a fine paste.
- The moisture and wetness in the dal itself is sufficient.
- The batter should thick and stiff. And it should be like that of roti atta.
- Pressure cook the grinded bengal gram paste for 3 whistles.
- Allow this to cool enough to handle it. Mash it immediatley to get powdered texture.
- Add sugar, cardamom powder, grated fresh coconut even when the cooked bengal gram is warm.
- This would melt the sugar and gives perfect texture to the poornam.
- Now mix all the ingredients thoroughly and make small lemon sized balls of the poornam.
- Check the stuffing, if it is retaining the shape when made into a ball then it is in perfect shape.
- We can use dosa batter for outer layer or use mix of maida and rice flour.
- If using dosa batter use the fresh one without fermenting it and without salt.
- In a mixing bowl take thick dosa batter, add 1/2 cup of water and mix it well.
- The batter should be medium thick and pouring consistency.
- The option for the outer layer is mixing of maida and rice flour.
- In a mixing bowl add Maida and rice flour and mix them well.
- Add water and mix it well to make a ladle pour batter.
- Heat oil in a kadai.
- Drop each dumpling in the batter. Roll them in the batter and slowly drop in the hot oil.
- Fry them till they turn golden brown in a medium to high flame.
- Serve Poornam Boorelu with a little ghee on top of them.