Purnam Burelu Recipe in Telugu – Easy Puranum Burelu – Tasty Bellam Poornalu Recipe

Name: Purnam Burelu Recipe in Telugu – Easy Puranum Burelu – Tasty Bellam Poornalu Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients: IDLI DOUGH: 1 cup; BAKING SODA: 1/4 tsp; SALT: 1/2 tsp; WATER: as required; CHANA DAL: 1/2 cup; JAGGERY: 1/4 cup; OIL: fry as required

Preparation Time- 20 mins
Cooking Time- 10 mins
Cooking Temperature- 180°C

Features:

Cuisine:

India

Ingredients

1 cup IDLI DOUGH
1/4 tsp BAKING SODA
1/2 tsp SALT
as required WATER
1/2 cup CHANA DAL
1/4 cup JAGGERY
fry as required OIL

Directions

Purnam Burelu or poornalu is an Andhra cuisine delicacy very popular made with idli dough, chana dal and jaggery. Usually Purnam Burelu prepared during festivals, poornalu is a sweet dish which is actually served as prasad to the god during festivals and poojas. The stuffing used is basically the “pooran” used in puranpoli. Puviya’s recipe here of poornalu is an easy and quick process of making these crispy and sweet delicacy.

Also prepared in neighbouring states, Purnam Burelu is also known as sukhiyan in malyalam, suyam, suzhiyan or sugunta in other languages. These sweets are shared and eaten mostly during festivals. So don’t miss to prepare this Purnam Burelu next coming festivals, you can enjoy with the taste of this poornalu as well.

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Without further ado, let’s start with this sweet recipe.

Recipe Instructions of Purnam Burelu :

Preparation /Follow the Steps:

Take 1 cup of idli dough in a big bowl.
Add 1/4^th teaspoon of baking soda and ½ teaspoon of salt in the dough.
Add some water in the dough in the bowl.
Mix the dough and water well with a beater in the bowl.
The batter is ready, keep the bowl aside for a while.
Take ½ cup of soaked and washed chana dal and put it into a pressure cooker.
Add 1 glass of water and 1/4^th teaspoon of salt in the pressure cooker.
Cook for three whistles. Keep the flame medium.
Open the pressure cooker, and drain the water off from the boiled chana dal.
Add the dal back to the cooker and mash the dal.
Mash the dal well, make sure there are no lumps.
Add 1/4^th cup of jaggery in the mashed dal in the cooker.
Mix the jaggery and mashed dal well in the cooker.
Keep the pressure cooker on the stove and stir the mixture continuously, while the jaggery melts to make sure there are no lumps.
Let the mixture cool down completely.
Take a small ball sized mixture in your hand from the cooker.
Make such small balls of the mixture and keep it in a plate.
Coat the balls in the idli dough batter, we kept aside for a while.
Take a pan and pour some oil in the pan. Now, put the ball in the oil, make sure the oil is hot and nice.
Following the same steps, put some more of balls in the oil, and fry them on a medium flame.
Fry the balls until they are golden brown.
Your Puranam burelu is ready to serve.

Steps

1 Done	Take 1 cup of idli dough in a big bowl.
2 Done	Add 1/4th teaspoon of baking soda and ½ teaspoon of salt in the dough.
3 Done	Add some water in the dough in the bowl.
4 Done	Mix the dough and water well with a beater in the bowl.
5 Done	The batter is ready, keep the bowl aside for a while.
6 Done	Take ½ cup of soaked and washed chana dal and put it into a pressure cooker.
7 Done	Add 1 glass of water and 1/4th teaspoon of salt in the pressure cooker.
8 Done	Cook for three whistles. Keep the flame medium.
9 Done	Open the pressure cooker, and drain the water off from the boiled chana dal.
10 Done	Add the dal back to the cooker and mash the dal.
11 Done	Mash the dal well, make sure there are no lumps.
12 Done	Add 1/4th cup of jaggery in the mashed dal in the cooker.
13 Done	Mix the jaggery and mashed dal well in the cooker.
14 Done	Keep the pressure cooker on the stove and stir the mixture continuously, while the jaggery melts to make sure there are no lumps.
15 Done	Let the mixture cool down completely.
16 Done	Take a small ball sized mixture in your hand from the cooker.
17 Done	Make such small balls of the mixture and keep it in a plate.
18 Done	Coat the balls in the idli dough batter, we kept aside for a while.
19 Done	Take a pan and pour some oil in the pan. Now, put the ball in the oil, make sure the oil is hot and nice.
20 Done	Following the same steps, put some more of balls in the oil, and fry them on a medium flame.
21 Done	Fry the balls until they are golden brown.
22 Done	22. Your Puranam burelu is ready to serve.
23 Done	enjoy with hot hot Puranam burelu with your family members!
24 Done	Note- do not over soak dal, oversoaking will not make the poornalu crispy. Do not add jaggery to the dal unless the dal is properly cooked.

Puviya

Hi! I love to cook all kinds of varieties and I am very expert in cooking in different curries, different snacks, all kind of breakfast, lunch, sweets, rice, and roti.