Teepi Garelu | How to make Bellam Vada
Teepi Garelu or Bellam Vada are a popular festival sweet made in Andhra. These are Urad Dal Vadas soaked in Jaggery Syrup.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Urad dal / Black Gram Dal / Minappappu
- A Pinch Salt
- Cooking Oil for deep frying
- 1 cup Jaggery I added 1/4 cup more
- 1.5 cups Water
Instructions
Making Jaggery Syrup
- Take the jaggery in a pan with water, melt and remove impurities.
- Cook again to prepare a syrup that is sticky on touch.
Making the Garelu/Vada
- Wash and soak the urad dal for at least 2 hours. I left it overnight.
- Drain the water, and grind the dal to a smooth paste sprinkling little water and salt Transfer to a bowl and beat till fluffy.
- Heat a kadai with oil, have a small bowl of water, wet your palm and take a small ball and roll it well as a ball, flatten and make a hole in the center.
- Gently slide into hot oil and deep fry on both sides.
- Immediately drop the fried vadas into the jaggery syrup. Let them sit in this syrup till the next batch of vadas is deep fried. Remove them onto a serving plate and drop the next batch of vadas into the syrup.
- Drizzle some left over syrup over vadas before serving and serve hot while the crust is still crisp.
Notes
We can add cardamom or a pinch of pepper for a different taste.
Tried this recipe?Mention @cooking4all or tag #cooking4all!