Gavvalu or Shells

In my childhood my mom and my grand mom used to prepare this on summer holidays and we used to have them. (Even now they will prepare of coarse. Give these a try and i am sure you gonna like.

Preparation time : 30 min
Makes : 2 cups or so

Ingredients :

All purpose flour (or) Maida : 1 cup
Ghee or hot oil : 2 Tbsp
Salt : to taste
Chili powder : to taste
Water : As needed
Sesame seeds : 2 Tbsp
Cumin seeds : 2 Tbsp

Method :

Take a bowl pour maida into it , add ghee and mix it very well.
(Till all ghee incorporated into the flour very well)

Now add salt, chili powder, sesame seeds, cumin seeds.

( I used seema mirchi karam, you can even use normal chili powder)
Now add water to make dough, the dough should not be too hard or too soft.

Knead the dough , make it like rope and cut into small pieces.

If you have gavva press (gavvala balla) then roll the dough away from you, on it to make shell shape.

If you don't have one like that you can even use a fork.
Take a fork turn back side, then take one piece of dough into hand and press at the back side of the fork and remove it from opposite direction , repeat the same way for all the dough.

Keep the shells aside.
(When i first made these , while keeping them aside they all stuck to each other and again formed like a dough :( , so if possible make them fast or roll one batch while they are frying, roll 2nd set of dough into shells, when i made 2nd time i made like this and they came out really good)
Take a pan , add oil heat it while you are making shells.
When oil is hot add shells to the oil and deep fry till light golden brown color , fry in a medium flame for about 5 minutes or so..
Take them onto a paper towel to catch excess oil.

Yummy yummy gavvalu are ready to eat. 

Enjoy your dish :)

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