Jaggery Rice Sweet – Ariselu (Adhirasam)

Ariselu is a deep-fried Telugu sweet made for Sankranti and Ugadi. Soaked raw rice is ground to a fine dough, kneaded with thick jaggery syrup and cardamom, shaped into rounds, pressed with sesame seeds on both sides, and deep-fried in pure cow’s ghee until dark golden. Dense, chewy at the centre, crispy at the edge.