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Ariselu (Telugu: అరిసెలు) or Arisa (Odia: ଆରିସା) is an Indian sweet from Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana. It is also called Kajjaya (Kannada: ಕಜ್ಜಾಯ) in Kannada, Adhirasam (Tamil: அதிரசம்) in Tamil Nadu, Neyyappam (Malayalam: നെയ്യപ്പം) in Kerala ,Anarsa in Marathi, arsa or anarsa in Uttarakhand, Bihar and Jharkhand.

Ariselu

Ariselu
Alternative names	Arisa
Course	Sweet dish
Place of origin	Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra
Region or state	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Karnataka,Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand
Main ingredients	Rice flour, ghee, jaggery
Media: Ariselu

Ariselu is a traditional dish and it is prepared during festivities like Sankranti, Dusshera, Deepavali, Marriage[1]

Ingredients

It is made out of rice flour, jaggery (Bellamu in Telugu) and ghee / edible oil. Jaggery may be replaced with granulated sugar.

Preparation

A dough is first prepared out of rice flour or ground soaked rice and molten jaggery. The dough is kneaded first and then flattened in small portions in a similar fashion as making breads such as poori or chapatti. These flattened portions are fried in ghee or oil. Finally, these are pressed in gingelly or sesame seed or poppy seeds.

Arsa in Garhwal

Ariselu is also loved by the people of the Himalayas, the northern region of India. In north India, ariselu is known as "Arsa". Arsa mithai is very popular and one of the oldest sweets found in the entire nation by different names. In the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, arsa is often made on all auspicious occasions. Arsa is a very popular sweet in Garhwal, Uttarakhand.[2]

See also

• List of Indian sweets and desserts
• Cuisine of Odisha
• Sunnundallu

References

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