Andhra Pradesh

Ariselu

Name: Ariselu
Prep time: 6 h
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 7 h 15 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Andhra
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups raw rice soaked rice; 1 1/4 cups grated jaggery; 1/4 cup water; 2 tbsp sesame seeds; 1 tbsp ghee; 1/2 tsp cardamom; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for deep frying, about 5 tbsp absorbed

Rice dough and jaggery fried into chewy discs with sesame. Sankranti in every bite.

75 minTime

3 gProtein each

mildSpice

6hPlan ahead. Soak for 6 hours first; the 75 minutes come after.

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Grandma's wayHand pounded rice, Anakapalli bellam, sesame.

The original

300kcal

3 gprotein

1 gfibre

75minutes

Ariselu as Andhra homes make them for Sankranti.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Rice1½ cups raw rice, soaked

Jaggery1¼ cups, grated

Water¼ cup

Sesame seeds2 tbsp

Ghee1 tbsp

Cardamom½ tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for deep frying, about 5 tbsp absorbed

Method

6 steps

1Drain the soaked rice and spread on a cloth to dry until just damp. Grind to fine flour and sieve.
2Boil jaggery with water to a soft ball stage.
3Stir in cardamom and ghee, then add the flour bit by bit on very low heat.
4Pat a lemon size ball into a disc on greased plastic, press sesame on top.
5Fry carefully in medium hot oil until brown.
6Press each between two flat ladles to squeeze out oil.

Serve it like this

Stack on a plate or store in a tin; serve a couple each with coffee.

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