Pootharekulu Paper Sweets is a wafer-like sweet of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

. Atreyapuram

Atreyapuram

Atreya-puram is a village and a Mandal in East Godavari district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.Atreyapuram is very famous for its special sweet named "Putharekulu",a sweet made of Rice Starch,this sweet has brought the village into limelight,the Sweet is now very famous world wide....

, a village and mandal in East Godavari

East Godavari

East Godavari District is a district situated on the northeast of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Its district headquarters is Kakinada. It is the second richest district in the whole country...

 district of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

 is very famous for preparation & trading of this sweet.

Preparation

It is made from rice starch/finely ground soaked black gram (minapappu),powdered sugar & Ghee

Ghee

Ghee is a class of clarified butter that originated in South Asia and is commonly used in South Asian cuisine....

(Clarified butter). There are two versions of this sweet. One using powdered sugar and the other one using Jaggery. This sweet is prepared by making wrappers from rice flour, put sugar/jaggery inside it and folding them.

External links

• The Hindu feature
• Recipe