Kobbari Poornam Boorelu Recipe for making poornalu, a traditional festive delicacy in South India. It’s a deep fried rice-dal dumpling stuffed with cardamom flavoured coconut jaggery mixture.
Total Time 5 hours hrs 40 minutes mins
Course: Festive Sweet / Dessert
Cuisine: Indian (South Indian)
For the outer covering: 1 cup Black gram dal/Urad dal 2 cups Raw rice Salt to taste For the filling: Click here for the recipe!! To Deep Fry: Required oil for deep-frying
Outer covering: Soak rice and urad dal for 5 hours.
Wash and drain away the water.
Combine and grind well to a smooth textured thick batter. Ensure the batter is neither thick nor thin.
Transfer to a bowl, add required salt and mix well.
Set aside in the refrigerator until you use it.
Make small balls of the filling.
Deep-frying: Remove the batter from the refrigerator and add a pinch of cooking soda(optional) and mix well.
Heat oil in a deep frying pan over medium heat.
Once the oil is hot enough, dip each ball of stuffing (poornam) in the batter, coat well and drop gently drop into hot oil.
Turn sides and fry until light golden brown.
You can fry for an extra minute for a crispy crust.
Serve them hot/cold.