Avalakki Puri UnDe

Avalakki Puri UnDe

"Avalakki Puri UnDe" is a sweet dish made using avalakki puri, groundnut, roasted bengal gram, sesame seeds, copra and jaggery.

This dish is part of the festive decor during "VaramahaLakshimi Habba", "Ganesha Habba" etc. It is customary to give this dish along with "Chakkali" as a return-gift during weddings.

There is an interesting story behind this dish. As kids, we were asked to help "Ajji"(Grand mom) to make this dish. In the final stages of the preparation, the hot unDe is put into a Jaradi (sieve) and we have to gently roll it around, so that we get a smooth finishing to the unDe. But, sometimes, they used to split-open... and that's what we kids wanted.. we used to shout out with joy "Nakki Bidthu"("It Smiled") and put it into our mouth and gobble it up!! The hot unDe tastes so yummy... There was so much joy and laughter when we made these dishes at home. They were prepared and stored for our 4 pm after-the-school snacks.