Nagar Chathurthi - Godumai Appala Urundai / Wheat Papad Balls

Nagar Chathurthi is a festival dedicated to the snakes. We pray to Nagar the snake god and do pooja as well. :)

Snake worship without any doubt, owes its origin to man's natural fear for these reptiles.However, in Hindu culture, they own a prominent place. Hindu mythologies are filled with stories and fables about snakes, the most important being the Sheshnaga of Lord Vishnu.

This is a popular festival in Andhra, Karnataka and Maharashtra.

I had posted about this festival last year with more details on the pooja and a different set of offerings too. You can take a glance of it here.

Last year we made three kinds of sweet balls namely Sesame Sweet balls, Roasted gram sweet balls and peanut sweet balls.

But this time for a change we decided to make a new variety along with the usual ones.

Godumai appala urundai translated as wheat paapad balls is what we came up with. :)

I wouldn't claim it as new, but its pretty rare that you see this one. Its a simple yet very interesting snack.

Though the steps make it sound cumbersome, its really worth it. :) I can bet on it :)

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Oil - to fry
Salt - a pinch

Method:

Take wheat flour in a bowl and add a pinch of salt to it. Pour in just enough water to make a thick dough(Chapathi dough consistency).

Now roll out thin chapathis and let them dry on a paper for 20 mins. Later poke holes on the chapathi using a fork. Now deep fry it till crisp on both sides. Once you are done with all the chapathis, break them using your hand.

Powder the sugar and keep it aside. Run the broken papads in the mixie to powder it too. Mix both the powders on a paper and then once again put them in the mixie and run ones.

Transfer it to a plate and roll them into balls.

Appala urundai is ready to eat :)

Enjoy making :)

Other than the sweet balls, we also make Sweet poha and spiced poha too as offerings.

You can find the sweet poha recipe here.

Above is a small glance of the pooja at my sweet home :)

Happy Naga Chathurthi to all those who celebrate it :)

Written by: Nithya
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