Atreyapuram, Andhra Pradesh

Pootharekulu

Name: Pootharekulu
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Andhra
Ingredients: 12 sheets pootharekulu rekulu or Vietnamese rice paper rice paper; 1/4 cup melted ghee; 1/2 cup powdered sugar; 2 tbsp finely chopped almonds; 2 tbsp finely chopped cashews; 1 tbsp finely chopped pistachios; 1/2 tsp cardamom

Paper thin rice starch sheets folded with ghee, sugar and nuts. Andhra's most delicate sweet.

30 minTime

3 gProtein each

mildSpice

Atreyapuram's paper sweet1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayRice starch sheets with ghee, sugar and nuts.

The original

259kcalsame

3 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

30minutessame

Classic pootharekulu.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Rice paper12 sheets, pootharekulu rekulu or Vietnamese rice paper

Ghee¼ cup, melted

Sugar½ cup, powdered

Almonds2 tbsp, finely chopped

Cashews2 tbsp, finely chopped

Pistachios1 tbsp, finely chopped

Cardamom½ tsp

Method

4 steps

1Mix sugar, cardamom and the chopped nuts.
2Lay a damp cloth briefly over one sheet to soften it slightly. Brush with ghee.
3Sprinkle the sugar mix, add a second sheet, brush with ghee and sprinkle again.
4Fold into a neat rectangle, sealing with ghee. Repeat.

Serve it like this

Serve two parcels on a plate; they shatter at the first bite, so keep a napkin handy.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Atreyapuram, Andhra Pradesh

Pootharekulu

Paper thin rice starch sheets folded with ghee, sugar and nuts. Andhra's most delicate sweet.

30 minTime

3 gProtein each

mildSpice

Atreyapuram's paper sweet1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayRice starch sheets with ghee, sugar and nuts.

The original

259kcalsame

3 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

30minutessame

Classic pootharekulu.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Rice paper12 sheets, pootharekulu rekulu or Vietnamese rice paper

Ghee¼ cup, melted

Sugar½ cup, powdered

Almonds2 tbsp, finely chopped

Cashews2 tbsp, finely chopped

Pistachios1 tbsp, finely chopped

Cardamom½ tsp

Method

4 steps

1Mix sugar, cardamom and the chopped nuts.
2Lay a damp cloth briefly over one sheet to soften it slightly. Brush with ghee.
3Sprinkle the sugar mix, add a second sheet, brush with ghee and sprinkle again.
4Fold into a neat rectangle, sealing with ghee. Repeat.

Serve it like this

Serve two parcels on a plate; they shatter at the first bite, so keep a napkin handy.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Pootharekulu

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Pootharekulu

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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