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Pootharekulu (plural) or Pootharekulu (singular) is a popular Indian sweet from the Andhra Pradesh state of south-east India. The sweet is wrapped in a wafer-thin rice starch layer resembling paper and is stuffed with jaggery and mixed nuts. The sweet is popular for festivals, religious occasions and weddings in the Telugu states. Each 100gm pack contains 6 Pieces.
Pootharekulu were created in Atreyapuram, a village and mandal headquarters in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.The sweet has a history of a few centuries (three centuries by some accounts).It is said that a village woman first prepared the sweet by adding sugar and ghee to leftover rice starch.Atreyapuram villagers soon started making wrappers from rice flour, put sugar and ghee inside and folded them.
The name of the sweet literally means ‘coated sheet’ in the Telugu language—pootha means ‘coating’ and reku (plural rekulu) means ‘sheet’ in Telugu. The making of pootharekulu is a cottage industry in Atreyapuram, where around 400 families are dependent on the making and marketing of the sweet. Pootharekulu can be stuffed with different fillings, including fine powdered sugar, jaggery, dry fruits, and chocolate powder.
