Panasa Thonalu / Flower Kaaja

Panasa Thonalu  is a famous and traditional sweet of  Andhra.  These are deep fried and dipped into sugar syrup.

Panasa Thonalu is a simple dish usually prepared at the time of festivals or as an evening snack.

Ingredients:

Maida – 1 cup

Sugar – ½ cup

Ghee – 2 tsps

Salt a pinch

Cardamom powder a pinch

Water as required for dough

Water – ½ cup for sugar syrup

Oil for frying

Preparation

• Take maida, salt and ghee in a bowl and mix well
• Add enough water and make it as soft dough

• Meanwhile In a vessel prepare sugar syrup by boiling ½ cup of water with ½ cup sugar.
• Boil on medium flame until sugar dissolves and it turns thick sticky syrup.
• Add cardamom powder to the syrup for flavor
• Make small balls of this dough and roll them as flat (as puri)
• Now make slits vertically leaving the edges untouched
• Now twist the ends to make it as flower

• Heat the oil and deep fry them until golden brown
• And transfer them into sugar syrup.
• Keep them for 2-3 mins in syrup.
• After they cooled serve or transfer them to a closed air-tight container.