“Rosh-Bora /A urad dal fritter soaked in sugar syrup".....:)

This one is my 3rd post for the  celebrates Makar Sankranti or Poush Sankranti  festival —:).This festival is also known as Pithey Parbon in Bengal, pithey or pithe being a sweet made with basic  ingredients of the region like rice,Flour , date palm etc.

Today, I make Rosh Bora / A urad dal fritter soaked in sugar syrup-- on Sankranti Spacial. A  Tradition Bengali dessert. It’s more of a daily household dessert, usually not found in the sweetmeat shops. Very simple and unique, it does't have too much sugar, but is crispy in taste.Here I share my “Rosh-Bora /A urad dal fritter soaked in sugar syrup" recipe with all of you...:)

Ingredients:-

•  Urad Dal (1 cup)
• Water (2 cups)
•  Sugar (1& 1/2 cups + 1 tsp)
•  Green Cardamom     4-5 crushed 
•  Sunflower oil (approximate 2 cups for deep frying)
• Fennel seeds -1/2 tsp
• Salt        -      one pinch
  

Method:-

1. First, rinse and then soak 1 cup of Urad Dal in enough water . Urad dal is also known as kalai er dal in Bengali. Let it soak overnight for best results else 4-5 hours should also work well .
   
2. Next, strain the water out, and put the dal into a grinder. Make a finely ground paste in the grinder, with minimum water so that it forms a smooth creamy paste.
   
3. Take the paste in a bowl and add salt to taste, about 1 tsp of sugar(optional) and around 1/2 tbsp of fennel seeds (which have been lightly bruised.) & beat it. This will give the bora a crispy texture when you fry it.
4. Now Sugar syrup preparation: Add the 2 cups of water to the 1 & 1/2 cups of sugar in a bowl and boil it for 10-15 minutes.Put cardamom also for a nice flavour . When the mixture has come to a boil, lower the heat to medium and let it simmer. Remember not to make the syrup thicker, or else the bora won’t get soaked properly.
5. Take oil in a wok and heat it.Once the oil gets steaming hot turn the heat to medium settings.Make round balls with the creamy dal paste with your hand and keep dropping the round dumplings into the hot oil on low flame. Fry till it changes its color to light-golden brown.
   
6.  Now fried bora drop directly into the syrup container . Let the bora cool down fully in the syrup,
7. Now your's  Rosh-Bora is ready for serve.

Now Enjoy Yours Rosh-Bora.....!!!