Undrallu

Steamed rice flour balls filled with a sweet stuffing of fresh coconut, jaggery, and cardamom — the outer shell is made from rice flour cooked with water and a pinch of salt into a stiff dough, portioned, flattened, filled with the coconut-jaggery mixture, and sealed into round dumplings before steaming. Offered as naivedyam (sacred offering) at the Ganesh Chaturthi festival across Telugu households; the name comes from 'undalu' meaning round balls in Telugu. A seasonal festival sweet that appears for three to five days around the festival and is then absent from the menu for the rest of the year; the making of undrallu is a family ritual in Rayalaseema homes.