Suryakala Chandrakala Sweet is a popular Indian festival sweet recipe. It is made of a crispy outer layer, sweet khoya filling, fried and soaked in a cardamom saffron scented sugar syrup. Specially made as a part of Diwali celebrations. Learn how to make this delicious sweet with step by step pictures, clear instructions and video.
Take flour, salt and ghee in a mixing bowl and mix together. Slowly add in water and make it into a dough. Knead this dough for 5 mins. Cover the dough with plastic wrap, chill the dough in fridge for 30 minutes.
Making Filling
Meanwhile make the filling by mixing sweetened khoya, crushed nuts and cardamom together. Set this aside for a moment.
For Sugar Syrup
Now make sugar syrup, Take sugar in a sauce pan and cover it with water. Add lemon juice and Bring this to boil and let it boil till it reaches sticky texture. It will take around 8 to 10 minutes. Set aside warm.
Shaping Sweet
Take the dough out and divide into 12 equal portions.
For making Suryakala. Take two dough ball and roll into thin puri. Now take one circle and put some khoya filling in the middle. Take another circle and place it on top. Now from one end start folding in a angle and finish it to the end.(Check images & video for detail).
For making Chandrakala. Take one dough ball and roll into thin puri. Now take that circle and put some khoya filling in one side. Fold it in half. Now from one end start folding in a angle and finish it to the end.(Check images & video for detail).
Frying the Sweets
Bring oil for deep frying. Now fry your shaped sweets on a low flame till it gets golden and crispy. It will take around 8-10 minutes.
Strain them using a slotted spoon and add it to the syrup.
Soaking in Syrup
Now dip the sweet in sugar syrup and leave for 1 to 2 minutes. Strain it in a cooling rack. Store it in air tight container.
Enjoy your Diwali with these dazzling sweets.
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Notes
Make sure you use ghee or butter when making the dough. It creates a short-crust pastry texture to the dough which infact helps with the flaky texture of the sweet when frying.
Chill the dough for minimum of 30 minutes for easy rolling.
Don't over fill the sweet, else it may leach out when frying.
If you are using
, add ¼ cup of sugar in the filling.
Fry the sweet on low heat. If you fry on high heat it will get dark colour when frying but the sweet will not be cooked properly.