TELUGU FROZEN SWEET POORNALU 310g

Telugu Frozen Sweet Poornalu, 310g — the Andhra festival sweet also known as bobbatlu or poornam boorelu: a sweet chana dal and jaggery filling wrapped in a rice and urad dal batter and fried.

Poornalu is made for festivals — Ugadi, Sankranti, Vinayaka Chavithi — and for weddings, and it is the kind of sweet that takes a whole morning to make from scratch. The filling is soft and fudgy with cardamom through it; the outside crisps as it fries and softens again as it cools.

Deep-fry from frozen until golden, drain, and serve warm, traditionally with a little ghee. Keep frozen until you cook them; do not refreeze once thawed.