Pootharekulu
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Pootharekulu | |
| Alternative names | Paper Sweet |
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| Course | Snack |
| Place of origin | Atreyapuram |
| Region or state | East Godavari |
| Creator | Atreyapuram |
| Serving temperature | Room temperature |
| Main ingredients | Rice starch/Black gram, powdered sugar or jaggery, ghee |
| Variations | Vegetable poothrekulu |
| Other information | Unsuitable for diabetics |
 Cookbook: Pootharekulu (Paper Sweet)  Media: Pootharekulu (Paper Sweet) | |
Pootharekulu or Poothareku (singular) is a popular sweet from Atreyapuram, East Godavari, India. 'Pootha' is coating and 'Reku' (plural Rekulu) is sheet in Telugu. PoothaRekulu are also known as ‘Paper sweets’ as they give the appearance of folded paper.
It is a wafer-like sweet created in Atreyapuram, a village and mandal in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. The village is well known for preparation and trading of this sweet. It is a labor-intensive job. It is procured at very cheap prices. With value additions, it becomes a delicacy which is sold at high prices in the cities.
Preparation
It is made from a particular rice batter called jaya biyyam (biyyam means rice), powdered sugar and ghee (clarified butter). There are two versions of this sweet, one prepared with powdered sugar and the other one using jaggery. This sweet is prepared by making wrappers from rice flour,ghee, and coating them with sugar/jaggery and folding them.
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