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Updated 28 May, 2022

Dry Fruits Suzhiyam (Boorelu) With Black Rice

Name: Dry Fruits Suzhiyam (Boorelu) With Black Rice
Prep time: 990 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1020 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Urad Dal (small cup); 2 cup Black rice (small cup); 1 cup Idly rice (small cup); ½ cup Sooji (rava); Salt (to taste); 1 cup Dry fruits (Raisins, dried cranberry & dates); 3/4 cup Nuts (almond, walnut, pumpkin seeds); 2 tbsp Desi Ghee; ½ tbsp cardamom powder (Elaichi); Water (as needed, only if raisins are used); Oil (for deep fry)

Neeru Srikanth

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About Dry Fruits Suzhiyam (Boorelu) With Black Rice

Suzhiyam or boorelu is a traditional dish made Tamil Nadu & Andhra for many festive occasions. Not all sweets need to be made from sugar & jaggery.

With the rise in numbers of diabetes all over the world we need to start looking for alternative sweet content in our traditional dishes.

This dish made out of dry fruits & nuts dipped in black rice batter is perfect for any occasion.

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Recipe Time & More

Prep Time16 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Total Time17 hours hrs

Served AsLunch Snacks

Recipe TasteSalty Savoury

Calories - 1180 kcal

Servings - 4

Ingredients

For the batter

▢ 1 cup Urad Dal small cup
▢ 2 cup Black rice small cup
▢ 1 cup Idly rice small cup
▢ ½ cup Sooji rava
▢ Salt to taste

For the stuffing

▢ 1 cup Dry fruits Raisins, dried cranberry & dates
▢ 3/4 cup Nuts almond, walnut, pumpkin seeds
▢ 2 tbsp Desi Ghee
▢ ½ tbsp cardamom powder Elaichi
▢ Water as needed, only if raisins are used
▢ Oil for deep fry

Instructions

For the Batter

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Soak urad dhal, black rice, idli rice for a minimum of 4 hrs. Preferably overnight
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Grind them in mixie if small quantity or grinder if the quantity is more. Grind first Urad dhal until it becomes like a butter consistency.
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Add idly rice, black rice, salt and water. Make sure it is ground like an idly consistency
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Leave it for 4 -6 hrs for fermentation. This step is optional for this dish. If you ferment you may use the remaining batter for making dosa.
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Once the grinding is complete add rava and make the batter thick enough to dip the dryfruit balls.

For the Dry fruit stuffing

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Dry roast the nuts until the raw smell leaves and grind it in a mixie.
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Add ghee, dry fruits and give a good mix. After 3 minutes elaichi and cook until they form a sticky consistency. Sprinkle water if needed. Water is surely needed if you are using raisins.
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Lastly add the powdered nuts and mix it well. Switch off the gas.
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Grease ghee in your palms and make the mix as round balls. This needs to be done when the mix is hot else we cannot bind them together
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Heat oil in a deep fry pan. Dip the balls made out of nuts in the batter
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Fry until the ssshh sound stops.
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Take out and put them in a tissue paper for take out the excess oil.

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Neeru Srikanth

I love to cook the most authentic way. Most of my recipes are cooked either in claypot or kalchatti / soapstone. They are extremely beneficial as they retain the nutrients. Before cooking a recipe in these vessels I do in-depth research and make sure it is doable in any modular kitchen.

4 Comments

Preeti John Nawani

October 15, 2021 / 1:43 pm Log in to Reply

I’m excited to make this at home!
Rishav Jain

November 10, 2019 / 7:09 am Log in to Reply

This is perfect! Can’t wait to taste it.
Preeti Arora

August 26, 2019 / 7:22 am Log in to Reply

This is delightful! Thanks for the recipe.
Sanju Zen

July 26, 2018 / 11:18 am Log in to Reply

This looks so tasty! Thank you.