Minapa Sunnundalu

Ingredients:

• Urad Dal/Black Gram Lentil (without husk) - 1 Cup
• Raw Rice - 1 tbsp
• Granulated Sugar - 1 Cup
• Ghee/Clarified Butter - 1/2 Cup

Preparation:

1. Take a pan Dry roast Urad dal till golden brown color, and till you get nice aroma, which could take at least 15-20 minutes. Keep stirring the dal while dry roasting, otherwise it burns.
2. Then add rice and roast for 3min.Remove and allow it to cool.
3. Take both raw rice and black gram and put them in a mixie to make a fine powder and keep aside.
4. Blend the sugar to a fine powder and keep aside.
5. Heat ghee till it melts. Do not over heat and Keep aside.
6. Now mix together black gram powder and powdered sugar in a wide bowl. Slowly add hot ghee and keep mixing with hand, till the mix holds together.
7. Shape into round balls of the size of a big lime. The ghee should be just enough to hold the powders together and not drip while making balls.
8. Store the sunnundalu in an air tight container. They will Stay fresh for at least 2 weeks.