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Andhra Style ~ Bobbatlu


Bobbatlu are very famous among the core Andhra style sweets. It is often part at of special occasions and festivals. 

 

Ingredients:
Chana dal - 1/4 kg 
Maida -1/4 kg 
Jaggery -  1/4 kg 
Salt - 1/2 tspoon
Elaichi powder - 2 tspoon
Water as required
Oil as required

Process:
1. First prepare dough using salt, maida and water . Make sure dough is soft, slightly sticky without lumps . 

Slightly apply oil , Set it aside for 3 hours

2. Now coarsely crush jaggery using mortar or pestle, then make fine powder of it
3. Now clean and boil chana dal, drain it and let it cool

4. Now prepare the filling , Purnam by blending boiled chanda dal, elaichi powder, jaggery powder together in a mixie or blender 

Note: make sure that dal is completely grinded and is of slighlty coarse paste consistency

5. Make balls of the chanadal mix 

6. Now cover these balls in maida dough. Make sure you grease your hands with oil 

Note: the thinner the dough cover , the tastier is the sweet

7. Now take the covered balls, grease it or roll it in oil, place it on plastic  cover, and start flattening them with hand

Note: make sure the maida layer is evenly distributed and should be of parota thickness.It should not be thin or thick

8. Now place the flattened bobbattu on a medium hot tawa and fry it both sides with ghee


Enjoy with cold granulized ghee 

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