In a bowl mix Bombay rava, cardamom powder, sugar and a little salt.

Boil 1 cup water in a pan and add above mix by stirring continuously.

Cook for 5 minutes with lid closed. Once you get a thick lump of dough, off the flame.

Open the lid and add a spoon of ghee and mix so that dough turns nonsticky.

Once it cools, make disk shape Pongadalu by taking a small portion of dough.

Similarly, make the remaining dough into disk shape and heat oil in a pan to deep fry.

Let the temperature of the oil remain moderate at low to medium flame and put Rava Pongadalu one by one.

Deep fry by flipping both sides and once they turn their colour to da golden brown, drain excess oil by squeezing with two colander spoons similar to ariselu recipe.