Haalobbattu

Haalobbattu is an authentic south Indian sweet. This is mainly gasagase paayasa with poories in it.........yummmmmm. It is very delicious and very easy as well.

Ingredients:

Gasagase Paayasa

• dessicated coconut - 4 tsp
• gasagase(poppy seeds) - 1 tsp
• hurigadale (roasted gram) - 1/2 tsp
  
• cardamom pods - 3
• sugar - 2 cups
• milk - 2 cups
• ghee 1 tsp
• cashew nuts & raisins 2-3 tsp

Poori

• chiroti rava or plain flour 3 cups
• salt
• oil
  
• water

Method:

Poori dough

• take 3 cups of chiroti rava or plain flour. Add a pinch of salt and 1 tsp of oil. Add water as required to make it into a dough and keep it aside.

Gasagase paayasa

• for grinding take dessicated coconut, gasagase (poppy seeds) and hurigadale (roasted gram) with some water and grind it into a fine paste. place a vessel on low flame and add the paste into it. Add sugar and stir. when the mixture starts to boil, add milk and cardamom powder. Take a tava and add 1 tsp of ghee and fry the cashew nuts and raisins and add it to the paayasa. We can add more milk also depending on the consistency. It should not be too thick.
  

Haalobbattu

• Heat oil to fry the poories in a heavy bottom vessel. Make small balls of the dough mixture.......smear with oil and make the poories. Fry until light brown and put the poories into the paayasa mixture. When they soften..........serve warm or it tastes even better when cold as well.