🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Anarsa

Name: Anarsa
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tbsp Ghee; 1 cup + for frying Peanut Oil; 1.5 cups, freshly ground Rice Flour; 3/4 cup Jaggery; 4, powdered Green Cardamom; 1/4 cup, for coating Poppy Seeds

🇮🇳 Indian

The Maharashtrian-Delhi sweet that looks like a poppy-seeded sun — aged rice-jaggery dough fried slowly till a crackled crust forms over a melting heart. Patience is the entire recipe.

Prep 45 min Cook 20 min Serves 8 Hard

Ingredients

Ghee1 tbsp
Peanut Oil1 cup + for frying
Rice Flour1.5 cups, freshly ground
Jaggery3/4 cup
Green Cardamom4, powdered
Poppy Seeds1/4 cup, for coating

Instructions

1
Soak rice, dry fully and grind extra fine.
2
Knead with jaggery and cardamom; rest 12 hours overnight.
3
Shape balls and press into poppy seeds.
4
Fry in ghee-oil on very low, anarsa side down, without stirring.
5
Flip once, finish, and cool on a rack — the cracks set as they cool.

Chef's tip

No stirring in the first minutes of frying — anarsa needs to set undisturbed or it dissolves.

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Video: Anarsa Easy Recipe | अनरसे की परफेक्ट रेसिपी | perfect Anarasa at home | Chef Ranveer Brar · on YouTube