Sweet Shells (Gavvalu)

                           Sweet Shells(Gavvalu)

Sweet shells is a traditional sweet made  during vacations. Children feel happy if we involve them too in preparation.

Ingredients:

 Maida                    : 1 cup.

 Salt                        : a pinch.

Baking Soda.       :  a pinch + a pinch

Jaggery. (Grated)       :  1 cup

Elaichi powder.            : 1 teaspoon

Oil.                         : Required for Deep fry.

Hot Ghee.            : 1 tablespoon

Preparation:

1. Take a mixing bowl, add evenly the ingredients ( maida, baking soda & salt) with a spoon of hot ghee. 

2.  Now knead it properly  and make  a soft dough by adding a little quantity of water.  Keep it aside to rest for 10 minutes covering the bowl with a lid.

3. After 10 minutes, take a very small portion of dough . Press it into flattened shape on Fork and roll it evenly . You will notice the shell designs on the outer surface. Continue this process, until the whole dough completes.

4. Heat a kadhai with required quantity of Oil used for deep frying on a medium flame. Simultaneously, heat another kadhai to prepare jaggery syrup 

5. For preparing jaggery syrup, heat a kadhai with jaggery and a very little water on  medium flame. Stir it until, the syrup becomes little thick ( one string) . Now add Elaichi powder & a pinch of baking soda into the syrup and turn off the stove.

6.  When the Oil gets hot, fry these shells on  medium flame until they turns golden brown colour.

7. Remove these fried golden brown shells and soak them immediately into jaggery syrup, stir and wait for 2 minutes. 

8. After 2 minutes, remove these soaked shells into a serving plate.

9. Store these shells in an air-tight container for 3weeks.

Tip:  1. You can also use Shells mould to prepare these  shells. Here I used fork instead of shell mould.

2. This sweet can also be prepared with Sugar syrup. Just replace jaggery with sugar.