RAVVA KESARI PURNALU / KESARI BURELU

No festival meal is not complete with out purnalu in south india.Some people call this as burelu.

Usually in andhra people make this purnalu with channadal.But this time i tried with kesari.

U know purnalu with kesari is so delicious.On occasion of varalakshmi vratam i made this dish.I

got many compliments from my husband and friends who came for pooja.

INGREDIENTS FOR PURNALU :

Urud dal /black gram dal : 2 cups

Rice : 3 cups

Salt to taste

INGREDIENTS FOR KESARI :

Semolina or bombay ravva : 1 cup
Sugar : 1 1/2 cup
Milk : 1cup
Water : 1cup
Ghee : 1/2 cup

MAKING BATTER :

Wash urud dal or black gram dal and rice and strain the water from urud dal and rice and blend them.
Add some water to make a paste.Add salt to it.

HOW TO MAKE RAVVA KESARI :

Heat 2 tsps of ghee in a fry pan add ravva in it add fry until the nice flavour comes out.
Keep the ravva aside.
Mix sugar in to roasted ravva.
Boil milk & water for 10 mins.Add ravva & sugar to it and stir it well.Boil until the milk absorbs.
Stir occaasionally.
Add ghee while cooking.

MAKING PURNALU :

Heat enough oil for frying in a deep sauce pan.
Make kesari in to small balls and dip the balls in to batter and drop them into oil and fry them on medium flame.Rotate them occasionally.