Ariselu


Ariselu or Arisa is an Indian sweet from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Odisha. It is also called Kajjaaya in Kannada, Anarsa in Marathi and Adhirasam in Tamil Nadu.
Ariselu is a traditional dish and it is prepared during festivities like Sankranti, Dusshera, Deepavali.

Ingredients

It is made out of rice flour, jaggery and ghee / edible oil. Jaggery may be replaced with granulated sugar.

Preparation

A dough is first prepared out of rice flour or ground soaked rice and molten jaggery. The dough is kneaded first and then flattened in small portions in a similar fashion as making breads such as poori or chapatti. These flattened portions are fried in ghee or oil. Finally, these are pressed in gingelly or sesame seed or poppy seeds.