Rajasthani mawa kachori

Ingredients

For the Kachori Dough

Maida (All Purpose Flour) - 2 cups

Salt - as per taste

Ghee (Clarified Butter) - 3 tbsps

Warm water - for mixing the dough

Oil - for deep frying

 

For Stuffing

Mawa/Khoya (Reduced Milk Solids) - 1.5 cups

Mixed Nuts - 3/4 cup (I used a mix of almonds, pistachio and cashews)

Sugar - 1/2 cup

Ghee (Clarified Butter) - 2 tbsps

For the sugar syrup

Sugar - 2 cups

Water - 1 cup

For Garnishing

Nuts and few strands of saffron

How to make Mawa Kachori

Mix all the ingredients except water for preparing the kachori dough in a bowl.

Now add some warm water and make knead the mix into soft dough.

Cover it with a lid or a kitchen towel and keep it aside for 30-60 minuets.

Meanwhile, take a non-stick pan and heat 2 tbsps ghee and fry mawa till it turns golden brown.

Add sugar and nuts to it, mix well and the kachori`s stuffing is ready.

In a separate pan, add sugar and water and let it transform into a syrup of one-string consistency.

Now, heat oil for in a pan frying kachoris.

Make a ball of dough and roll it into a flat circle.

Keep the stuffing in the middle of the circle and roll it from all sides into a ball.

Flatten it slightly into a disc shape with your palm.

Now, fry these to till they turn golden brown and drain on a paper towel.

After excess oil is removed from the fried kachoris, dip them into the

sugar syrup for few seconds and take them out into a serving plate.

Sprinkle some nuts and saffron and Mawa Kachoris ready to be served.

Serve them warm for either a nice Indian dessert or have it just as a snack.