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.