Gaarelu/గారెలు

గారెలు

BASIC INGREDIENTS:

Black gram/ Urad dal- 1 cup
Onions ( cut into small pieces)- 1 cup
Green chillies( Chopped)- 1 spoon
Ginger( Grated )- 1spoon
Curry leaves (finely cut)- 2 spoons
Salt - To taste
Oil- 300 gms for frying

PRECOOKING PREPARATIONS:

1 Soak Urad dal for 3-4 hours.
2 Take a mixie jar and add soaked urad dal, green chillies(2 nos) and salt. GRIND it to form a thick batter.
TIP: The batter should be as thick as possible.
3 Cut the onions into small pieces, chop the green chillies, curry leaves and grate ginger.

MAIN COOKING:

1 Heat oil in a pan.

TIP: Oil can be tested by putting a small piece of batter. If it comes to the top instantly, it is an indication that oil is hot.

2 Add onions, ginger, curry leaves, green chillies to the batter and mix well. Batter is ready to make gaarelu.
3 Take a plastic paper, apply water to it and put a small portion of batter onto it. Press it to form a thick circle. Make a hole with the index finger and put the batter in oil.
4 Repeat process no. 2 for the remaining batter.
5 Heat must be medium for the batter to fry on all sides.
TIP: By piercing a hole in the middle, gaare will heat on all sides and tastes good.
6 Turn it on the otherside.
7 Remove when golden brown is seen on both sides of the gaare.

FINAL TOUCH:

Serve it hot with ginger chutney.


There is a saying in Telugu which says-"తింటే గారెలు తినాలి, వింటే భారతం వినాలి.