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Sweet Shells - Gavalu Recipe, How To Make Sweet Shells - Gavalu Recipe

Name: Sweet shells - gavalu
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4

Gavvalu means shells and this sweet is shell shaped traditional sweet made in Andhra Pradesh.

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How to make Sweet shells - gavalu

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Prep time
20 mins

Cook time
30 mins

Total time
50 mins

Author : Vahchef
Main Ingredient : Maida flour

Servings : 4 persons
Published date : February 26, 2019

Ingredients used in Sweet shells - gavalu
• Water (if required add more) - 2 tablespoons.
• Salt - 1 pinch.
• Sugar - 1 cup.
• Oil - to fry.
• Ghee - 1+1/2 tablespoons.
• Maida - 2 cup.
Method:
Take a bowl pour maida into it add a pinch of salt, ghee and mix well. Now add water to make the dough, the dough should not be too hard or soft. Take a Fork turn backside, then take a small piece of dough into hand and press at the back side of the fork and remove opposite direction repeat the same way for all the dough. Keep the shells aside. Now take a pan add oil for fry add the shells into the oil and deep fry till light golden brown color fry in a low flame Once it is done remove from oil and keep it aside. Now take another pan add sugar and little water and let it boil till you get a thick consistency and remove from the flame Add the fried shells to the sugar syrup once the sugar sticks to shells transfer these shells into another plate. Serve it.