Palathalikalu (పాలతాలికలు, பலடளிகலு, पलतालिकलू)

Palathalikalu (పాలతాలికలు, பலடளிகலு, पलतालिकलू) palathalikalu is a special payasam dish in andhra pradesh, it is a sweet dish made during Sankranthi in  some parts of Andhra Pradesh and for vinayaka chavathi too in AndhraPradesh, India. It is very delicious and easily slips through the throat giving a heavenly taste. Aka pammulu payasam is a milk pudding with rice dough strings shaped in small snake like shapes hence the name. It is a dessert from the Guntur region in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Regional Dish : Andhra Pradesh; Tamilnadu; Karnataka; Kerala; South India.

Cuisine Style : Andhra Pradesh | Cooking Time 35 minutes | Take it as prasadam | Type sweet | Shelf Life : 1 day.

Appx. Nutritional values calculated for 1 serving ( 1cup) :

Calories ( 250.5Kcals) ,Carbohydrates ( 30g) ,Protein ( 1g), Fat ( 2.8g)

Ingredients :

• Milk   1 litre
• Jaggery   250 gm
• Cardamom powder   1 tsp
• Sago   50 gms
• Rice   250 gms
• Cashews   50 gms
• Ghee   6 tsp
• Salt   a pinch

Method :

1. Soak rice in water overnight and grind to a flour the next day.
2. Heat ghee in a pan; fry cashew nuts and set aside.
3. Mix rice flour, a little jaggery, salt, hot milk in a bowl to a dough and set aside.
4. Boil milk with a cup of water in a vessel and add sago and cook so that sago becomes translucent.
5. Place the dough in a ( chickli press) and press the contents in to the milk.
6. Cook on a low flame for a few minutes and  now finish off with adding jaggery , ghee, pardamom powder and allow it to simmer for 5 minutes.
7. Allow the  palathalikalu to rest for few minutes and enjoy as such or with thick dosa’s

Other variants / Cuisine Style : 1. Mango Palatalikalu 2. Pappu palatalikalu.3. Grated cocontu palatalikalu. 4. Palatalikalu with sugar