Boorelu

Ingredients:
For the batter:

• Minapappu....1 cup soaked overnight and grinded
• Rice flour....1.5 cup
• Salt...1 tsp
• Sugar......1 tsp.

Mix all the ingredients above without any lumps,to form a thick batter.
For the Stuffing: (A)

• Fine sooji..............1 cup
• Sugar .....1 cup
• Milk..........2 cups
• Ghee....1/2 cup
• Cashew............1 /8 th cup
• Raisins/kismiss....1 tbsp

                                       OR  (B)

• Chana dal soaked – 1cup
• Jaggery – 1/4 cup shredded
• Fresh coconut – 1 tsp
• Salt – a pinch
• Cardamom powder – 1/2tsp

Method:
Stuffing (A):

• In a pan heat 2 tbsp of ghee.Add cashew pieces and raisins.
• Fry them till golden brown.drain them from the ghee and keep aside.
• Now add the sooji and fry until crisp.Now add the milk and boil the sooji for 3-4min.
• When sooji is boiled add sugar .Stir till it is dissolved.Add fried cashew and raisins.
• Add the remaining ghee.Take off from the stove and cool it.
• When the stuffing has cooled ,make small round balls and keep aside

Stuffing (B):

• Pressure cook chana dal with 1/4 cup water.
• Add enough jaggery, coconut and cardamom powder to the cooked chanal dal and mix.
• Make small balls with this mixture and keep aside.

Procedure

• Heat  oil in a heavy based round pan
• Dip the balls in the batter and place dipped balls gently into the oil
• Fry until golden brown.
• Boorelu are ready to serve..with ghee.