Name: Quick Ariselu recipe by Swapna Sunil at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 3/4 cup rice flour; 1/4 cup Wheat Flour/Atta; 1 Cup Jaggery; 1 Cup water; 1/4 cup oil to add & oil for frying; 1 tsp cardamom powder; 1 tbsp sesame or poppy seeds

ABOUT Quick Ariselu RECIPE

Ariselu, it is an authentic sweet dish of Telugu cuisine. They are famous for their soft texture, colour and of course not being overly sweet. Usually made during Sankranti/Pongal using the new rice crop and Jaggery. This is an item, the whole family will relish and forces you to make again.

Instructions

In a bowl take Rice Flour and Wheat Flour / atta.
Turn on the stove on medium flame, and in a vessel mix water and jaggery and bring it to boil till the jaggery is completely dissolved.
Now cool it a bit and strain to remove any dirt. Add the melted and strained jaggery mixture back to the vessel. Now bring it to a boil.
Then add the flour mixture slowly stirring continuously without forming any lumps.
Add 1/4 cup oil, cardamom powder to it and mix properly. Now the flour starts to thicken. Once the oil is almost soaked up turn off the flame.
Add the cardamom powder and mix thoroughly. Transfer it into other bowl and let it cool down to the temperature where your hands can handle the mixture.
Heat oil in a kadai on a medium flame. Once the oil is heated, grease the Ziploc with oil. Take a golf ball sized dough and press into a disc of 0.5 cm thickness on the Ziploc uniformly and fry in the oil till golden colour.
Drain them on a paper towel and sprinkle with poppy seeds or sesame seeds while still hot and press slightly.

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