Gavvalu - Sweet Shells

Today am starting my second week of blogging marathon with an interesting theme, yes from today onwards i'll be posting Regional foods as theme during this whole week. For the first day of this week's theme,i chosed to cook from Andhra Pradesh.Andhra dishes are quite famous among South Indians, their spicy dishes and variety pickles cant beat anything. Obviously Andhra foods have their own characters and they varies depending upon their districts. No need to speak about the famous Hyderabadi cuisine which falls under Andhra cuisine, this famous flavourful cuisine doesnt need any special introduction for South Indians.

For today's alphabet 'G', i chosed gavvalu, a typical sweets made in Andhra Pradesh with a dough prepared with flour,andwater. The prepared dough is shaped later into small balls which are flattened and rolled to take the shape of shells with a special gadget called gavvala peeta or gavvalu chakka. This sweet is often made during festivals and they can be made both as sweets and savoury version. Somehow i prefer the sweet version than the hot one. My aunt who lives in Hyderabad send me this gadget through my mom and i really want to give a try to this sweet shells since a long. Finally i got a chance to make some gavvalu with that gadget. If you dont have this gadget, dont worry you can make them with forks.

2cups All purpose flour
1tbsp Ghee
A pinch salt
1cup Sugar
Oil for deepfrying

Take the flour,ghee,salt in a bowl, gradually add the water and make a soft and stiff dough,keep aside for half an hour.

Grease the gavvalu mould.

Make small size balls from the dough, rub each ball on the mould to get a shell shape.

Alternatively you can use a fork as shown in picture.

Heat oil for deepfrying, fry the prepared shells in small batchs until they turns golden brown in colour.

Drain the excess of oil with a paper towel.

Meanwhile in a thick bottom vessel, take the sugar and add water till the sugar immerse in the water.

Cook until you get a thick consistency, remove from the flame.

Add the fried shells immediately to the sugar syrup, give a mix.

Once the shells gets well coated with sugar syrup, transfer the shells into an another plate.

Enjoy.


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