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    Last Updated: July 17, 2020 | First Published on: April 8, 2011 by Hari Chandana Ponnaluri

    Pakam or Bellam Garelu ~ Jaggery Flavored Vadas

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    Ingredients :Urad Dal : 1 cup
    Powdered Jaggery : 1 cup
    Cardamom Powder : ½ tsp
    Oil

    Method :Soak the urad dal for 4 hours. Drain and grind the urad dal into a smooth paste with little water and set aside. Heat little water in a vessel, add the jaggery and cardamom powder to it. Allow the jaggery to melt and cook until the syrup is sticky. Switch off the flame and set aside. Heat oil for deep frying. Apply little oil or water on palm and take lemon size ball of urad batter and flatten them a little. Deep fry them in hot oil till crisp and golden color. Remove from the oil and put them into jaggery syrup. Soak the vadas in syrup for 5 minutes. Take them out of the syrup and serve.

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    Other Names : Bellam Garelu, Pakam Vadalu, Paakam Garelu

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    1. Suja Sugathan says

      April 08, 2011 at 8:16 pm

      Delicious sweet,looks so tempting.

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    2. Nativa says

      April 08, 2011 at 8:21 pm

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    3. Mehjabeen Arif says

      April 08, 2011 at 8:40 pm

      they are so tempting ! and too good on photos..

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    4. Viki's Kitchen says

      April 09, 2011 at 2:57 am

      New to me .....but like that idea of sweetening the vada. Will definitely try....Tempting click!

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    5. Vidhya says

      April 08, 2011 at 11:41 pm

      Never had this.Your pictures are so tempting.

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    6. Kairali sisters says

      April 09, 2011 at 12:15 am

      Truly awesome..

      Reply
    7. Shanavi says

      April 09, 2011 at 3:06 am

      So tempting ... looks divine as well. Super dear

      Reply
    8. Nandini says

      April 09, 2011 at 3:06 am

      Wow! It looks truly tempting and appetizing! Cute sweet!

      Reply
    9. Torviewtoronto says

      April 09, 2011 at 3:19 am

      vada looks delicious yummy sweet

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    10. Aruna Manikandan says

      April 09, 2011 at 5:28 am

      looks delicious dear....
      nice click 🙂

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