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    Home » sweets

    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. Now Serving says

      April 10, 2011 at 1:26 am

      Wow looks too yummy!

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    2. JishasKitchen says

      April 10, 2011 at 4:19 am

      vadas looks so inviting and delicious….:)

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    3. Malar Gandhi says

      April 10, 2011 at 6:31 pm

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    4. Suman Singh says

      April 10, 2011 at 8:58 pm

      Wow, this is new..never had anything sweet with urad dal before..sounds truly yummy!Love your unique and delicious recipes every time..keep them coming!

      Reply
    5. Prathibha says

      April 10, 2011 at 3:38 pm

      looks yumm..pass me some naa,,:)

      Reply
    6. LG says

      April 11, 2011 at 1:07 am

      This is new to me Chandana. Whenever I make savory vada, I can think of this also. Thanks yaa 🙂

      Reply
    7. Chitra says

      April 11, 2011 at 4:17 am

      I thought it was adirasam.
      Loved the recipe and the yummy picture.

      Reply
    8. Jay says

      April 11, 2011 at 11:27 am

      this recipe looks intereesting enough to giv a try…thanks for sharing..:)
      Tasty Appetite

      Reply
    9. Kitchen Flavours says

      April 11, 2011 at 1:33 pm

      Wow…love it….thinking to make it from long…but somehow skipped it…

      Reply
    10. Suma Gandlur says

      April 11, 2011 at 8:29 pm

      Norooristhunnayi.

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