Andhra Pradesh

Bellam gavvalu

Name: Bellam gavvalu
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Andhra
Ingredients: 1 2/3 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1 1/2 tbsp ghee; Water, about 1/3 cup plus 2 tbsp; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for frying, about this much is absorbed; 3/4 cup grated jaggery; 1/2 tsp cardamom

Little shell shaped dough bites fried crisp and coated in jaggery. Sankranti's crunchy nibble.

60 minTime

3 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayFried dough shells coated in jaggery.

The original

241kcalsame

3 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

60minutessame

Classic bellam gavvalu.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1⅔ cups

Ghee1½ tbsp

Waterabout 1/3 cup plus 2 tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying, about this much is absorbed

Jaggery¾ cup, grated

Cardamom½ tsp

Method

4 steps

1Rub ghee into maida and knead with water into a firm dough.
2Roll small balls and press each on a gavvalu board or fork, rolling it into a ridged shell.
3Fry on medium heat until crisp and golden.
4Cook jaggery with 2 tbsp water to the hard ball stage, add cardamom and toss the shells until coated. Separate as they cool.

Serve it like this

Pile in a bowl or steel dabba and serve with tea; they stay crisp for a week.

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Bellam gavvalu

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