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Venna Undalu | Sweet Butter Balls Recipe
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
35 mins
 

VennaUndalu or Sweet Butter Balls is one of the traditional sweet recipes preparedin South India especially on the occasion of Janmashtami and Vinakaya Chaviti.

Course: Dessert, Sweets
Cuisine: Andhra
Keyword: Venna Undalu
Servings: 1 Medium Jar
Calories: 56 kcal
Author: Uppada Lakshmi
Ingredients
  • Rice – 1 cup
  • Water- required
  • Salt – ½ tbsp.
  • Fresh butter – 3 tbsp.
  • Jaggery – 1 cup
  • Sugar – 2 tbsp.
  • Oil – to deep fry.
Instructions
  1. For making our recipe, we make use of soaked and powdered rice flour.
  2. So soak rice by adding adequate water and keep aside for half an hour.
  3. Drain water and dry rice over a clean cloth. Once dried transfer to a mixer grinder and make soft powder.
  4. If needed we can sieve the flour and transfer rice grains to the grinder for further powdering.
  5. Transfer rice flour in a wide vessel and put salt and fresh butter.
  6. Mix to make the soft pliable dough by adding a generous quantity of fresh butter.
  7. To get crack free output dough need to be kneaded 2-5 minutes.
  8. Take a small portion of dough and make small balls by pressing and rotating hands. If needed grease hands.
  9. Keep aside and heat oil in a pan.
  10. Once the oil is ready, put butter balls in it and gently stir them till they turn to golden brown color.
  11. Remove from the oil before they turn further color and keep aside to cool down.
  12. In a vessel, put jaggery and add water to dilute/ make jaggery syrup.
  13. Filter syrup to remove foreign particles and reboil syrup by adding little sugar.
  14. Boil syrup till we get light sticky gel type syrup.
  15. For more details watch the video. Put venna undalu in syrup and mix well.
  16. Mix gently so that syrup is coated well.
  17. Transfer Sweet Butter Balls to serving bowl and serve once they turn cool and become non-sticky.

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