Chalimidi is a traditional Andhra style festive sweet made with rice flour, ghee and sugar or jaggery.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 1 minutes
- Total time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 9
- Category: Naivedhyam
- Cuisine: Andhra
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup rice flour ((fine flour))
- ¾ to 1 cup jaggery (powdered or grated or powdered sugar)
- 1 to 2 tbsp Water ((refer notes))
Method
how to make chalimidi
- For homemade flour, you need no water. Just knead damp flour and jaggery for 2 mins and set aside. It will begin to release moisture after 5 mins or so. If not just moisten your palm and knead the flour to get a smooth ball. Chalimidi is ready.
- For store bought flour, knead flour& jaggery with 1 to 2 tbsps water. Knead till you get smooth dough.
Making chalimidi undrallu
- Grease your palms if needed, make 9 undrallu and set aside
- Make a round ball with the left over chalimidi and set it aside with vada pappu.
- Though it is made of the same dough, It is counted as 2 naivedhyam dishes when you offer to Lord Ganesha. This recipe is a good stand by, if you are trying to offer a particular number of dishes like 5, 7 or 9 for naivedhyam.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.