Vennundalu…….this reminds me Bandar road in Vijayawada. A sweet shop in Vijayawada makes the perfect tempting vennundalu. I don’t know weather this sweet is made every where in Andhra, but this is very popular in Vijayawada and Guntur. As the name itself suggests….vennundalu……these small marble sized balls just melt away in your mouth. The are so light and soft that you will keep on munching one after another.
Most of the sweets(specially the deep fried sweets) are made with maida. But this sweet is made with the rice flour. Here I have used a combination of rice flour and maida. I have made the cube shaped vennundalu, as available in sweet shops in Vijayawada. The shape doesn’t matter, you can make them round too. Try this simple and delicious sweet for the next festival.
INGREDIENTS
- Rice flour 2 cups
- Maida 1/2 cup
- Butter 1/4 cup
- Cooking soda a pinch
- Oil for deep frying
- Water to make the dough
- Sugar 2 cups
- Water 1 cup(for syrup)
Mix the rice flour, maida, cooking soda, butter. Mix all the ingredients till the butter is well incorporated with the flours.
Now add just enough water and make a stiff dough. Knead for 10 minutes and set aside. Let the dough rest for 20 –30 minutes.
Now make small balls out of the dough. Alternately you can roll small amount of dough into a long thin cylindrical strip and cut it with a knife.
Now make a sugar syrup with 2 cups of sugar and 1 cup of water. The syrup should be of 2 thread consistency.
Heat oil in the pan and deep fry the dough balls. Fry them on a medium flame to golden brown color.
Drop the fried balls into the sugar syrup. Wait for 2 minutes and remove them onto a plate.
Once cooled you can store them in an air tight container.
TIPS
- Usually the recipe is made only with the rice flour without maida. You can try it.
- Don’t compromise with the butter. Use butter liberally to get mouth melting vennundalu.
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