Churuttu traditional dessert or snack
variety from kottayam.
Ingredients for making flour wafer
1 cup of flour(maida)
1/2 teaspoon of oil
Water as per the requirement
Fine rice flour as per the requirement
Salt for the taste
Method of preparation of flour (maida)
wafer
Take the flour in a mixing bowl and add the salt.
Pour 1/2 teaspoon of oil and mix it thoroughly.
Little by little pour in the water and knead the flour to
form a soft and smooth dough.
Take out small portions from the dough and roll it to form 1
inch balls.
Dip these dough balls in fine rice powder and roll it to a
circular shape of very fine thickness.
Heat up a medium sized griddle, cook the pastry rounds on a
low-medium flame for about 30-40 seconds on either side. Also, note that the
pastry rounds should still be limp.
Transfer it to a plate and cover it with a damp cloth so
that these would remain moistured.
INGREDIENTS FOR
MAKING THE SWEET FILLING
2 cups of avalose podi
3/4 cup of water
1½ teaspoon of lime juice
1¼ cup of sugar
1/4 teaspoon of Cardamom powder
Method of preparation of the fillings
Take out 1¼ cup of sugar in a mixing bowl, add 1½ teaspoon
of lime juice and 3/4 cup of water.
Heat it in a pan and stir the solution continuously to get a
thread like consistency.
When it’s ready, switch off the flame and transfer the syrup
to a bowl.
Transfer 1/2 cup of syrup to another bowl and keep it for
later use.
Add the cardamom powder the remaining syrup.
Now, add 2 cups of avalose podi and mix it very well.
Final preparation of Churuttu or Thin Flour Sheets with
sweetened Rice filling
Cut each of those cooked pastry rounds into equal halves and
apply the syrup on both the edges (from the 1/2 cup of syrup kept in the
separate bowl).
Make each semicircular pastry into a cone shape with the wet
edges facing the top.
Stuff the cones with the prepared fillings and close the
opening on top by squeezing the three fingers of your right hand.
This gives rise to a three spiked pattern on the top surface
of Churuttu. Keep it aside for 2 hours.
The syrup from the fillings would moisture the all-purpose
flour wafer.
Serve it as a snack.
or
for dessert serve with vanilla ice cream.
