Cooking Time : 15 to 20 mins
Makes : 6 to 8
Ingredients:
Oil for deep frying
Cloves as needed
For Dough:
All Purpose Flour / Maida – 1 cup
Ghee – 2 tblspn
Salt a pinch
Water as needed
For Filling:
Khoya / Mawa – 3/4 cup
Sugar – 2.5 tblspn
Nuts – 2 tblspn ( i used mixed nuts)
Cardamom Powder – 1/2 tsp
For Sugar Syrup:
Sugar – 1 cup
Water – 1/2 cup
For Homemade Khoya, Check out traditional version and instant version..
Take flour, salt and ghee in a bowl and rub it well till it resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Add water little by little and make a dough. Let the dough rest till you get everything ready.
Now mix all ingredients for filling. Now take your dough and divide it into equal portion. Now take each portion and roll it into a thin poori.
Spoon filling in the center and bring both sides together and cover with other side as well, so it resembles a parcel. Secure the top with a clove.
Now make the sugar syrup. Take sugar and water in a pan and heat it, bring it to a boil and simmer till it reaches ones string consistency.
Now heat oil for deep frying, drop the parcels in oil, fry on medium heat till it gets golden. Drain it and add it to the syrup.Toss well in the syrup and let it sit for 3 to 4 mins.
Drain and let it cool. Serve.
Take all your ingredients |
Lets make the dough..Take flour in a bowl |
add little salt |
Add in ghee |
mix well using your hands |
now it resembles breadcrumbs |
add in water slowly |
Make a dough |
Set aside |
Make filling..take khoya |
add in cardamom powder and nuts |
add in sugar |
mix well..and set aside |
Divide the dough into equal balls |
Take a ball |
roll it into poori |
spoon in the filling |
fold it like this |
then like this |
Fold it like this |
and this |
secure it with a clove |
now it is done |
Now make the syrup…Take sugar in a pan |
add in water |
mix well |
Bring it to a boil and cook till it reaches one string consistency |
when you lift the spoon from syrup, it should form a string like |
now deep fry the parcels |
fry on low heat till golden |
remove it and add it to the syrup |
toss well |
Serve |
Hi arthi, I tried this yesterday came out well but the thing is whenever I make sugar syrup for tat one string consistency am not getting it properly and wen i switched off the flame it gets crystalise within a minute dunno where am doing wrong. Pls help me to do correctly
@Preetha Jayakumarjust heat it back with little water.it will turn liquid