Panasatonalu

A very traditional and a special Andhra Pradesh sweet treat. It tastes similar to the sweet version of Shankarpara. I guess the difference is in the shape. Panasa tonalu mean jack fruit strips. Sorry I dont have pictures of how I made them. I just missed taking pics. But I will upload more pics when I make this the next time.

All purpose Flour/maida - 2 cups

Ghee or clarified butter - 1/2 cup

Salt - a pinch

Sugar - 2 cups

Oil - To fry

Water

In a bowl, mix the maida, salt and ghee. Add water and knead it like a chapati dough.

In a flat bottom pan, add sugar and a cup of water. Melt the sugar and cook it to a one string consistency.

In a pan, heat oil for deep frying.

Mean while, make lemon sized balls of the dough and roll out like a chapathi.

Leave upto an inch around the sides, and make vertical slits in the roti. Be careful to leave an inch intact around the edges.

Now, join the edges by rolling the roti. the edges will be sealed, but the strips in the middle will be apart.

Fry this in oil, and remove them into the sugar syrup. Leave for 5 min and remove.

Cool and store for upto a week. If they last that long.