Sojjappalu

Ingredients:

For Stuffing:

Sooji or Cream of wheat -1cup
Sugar- - 1cup
Powdered Cardamom - 1/4 tsp
Water or Milk - 2cups
Ghee or Clarified Butter - 1/4 cup
Oil for deep frying- (optional)- Can be pan fried with less oil.

To cover sojjappalu Make dough with allpurpose flour.

Preparation of dough:

Take 1-11/2 cup of all purpose flour and pinch of salt and warer make a soft dough and add 1 1/2 Tbsp of cooking oil and set aside.

Preparation of Halwa:

Fry sooji in a pan w/2tsp of Ghee and set aside.
Boil the water or milk, add the sooji, mix without any lumps. Cook for 2 minutes and add sugar slowly while mixing without getting lumps. cook together until becomes like halwa at the end add remaining ghee and cardamom powder mix well and set aside and let it cool to make sojjappalu.

Preparation of sojjappalu:

Take sooji Halwa and make small lime size balls and set aside.
Take the prepared dough make small balls also.
Take one dough ball at a time place in a hand make a dent and place the halwa ball in that, gently cover the halwa ball with dough. Keep waxpaper or plastic wrap on smooth surface, place the dough covered halwa ball and gently press with fingers like size of puri and shape. if needed dip fingers in oil to spread little easily. Do all the balls in same manner. To avoid drying the prepared ones cover with damp towel or wet paper napkin. When all of them are ready, you can prepare 2 ways.

Option #1- Deep fry

Heat oil in a pan deep fry each one, and serve hot.

Option # 2- Pan fry

Pace shallow pan on stove and spread little oil , when it's gets hot, place sojjappa one at a time pan fry like paratas while using little oil or ghee and serve hot.