Mawa kachori
Course: dessert, SnacksCuisine: IndianDifficulty: EasyServings
12
servingsPrep time
15
minutesCooking time
20
minutesMawa Kachori is a sweet version of kachori and is a traditional Rajasthani dessert typically prepared during festivities and celebratory events. You can find it in every city of Rajasthan, but most popular in Jaipur and Jodhpur. These are stuffed with sweet mawa filling and then deep-fried and coated in sugar syrup.Preparing this dish is easy.
You must try this recipe!
Ingredients
- For dough
2 cups all purpose flour/ maida
¼ cup ghee
1 pinch salt
Ice cold water for dough
- Stuffing
1 cup mawa/ khoya
½ tsp cardamom powder
2 tbsp dry fruits finely chopped
¼ cup powdered sugar or to taste
- Sugar syrup
1 cup sugar
¾ cup water
½ tsp cardamom powder
6 flakes saffron
Other
Oil/ Ghee for frying
Dry fruits , silver foil for garnish
Directions
- Dough
- Pour flour, ghee and salt in a deep dish and mix nicely with your fingers.
- Slowly add ice cold water and knead into a soft dough. Cover and keep aside for 10-15 minutes.
- Stuffing
- Heat khoya in a pan. Cook till it starts to leave the sides of the pan.
- Remove from heat and cool completely.
- Add sugar, dry fruits and cardamom powder, mix well and keep aside.
- Sugar syrup
- Heat sugar and water in a pan on medium heat till it has consistency of one thread (Take a small portion in a spoon and pinch between fingers, it should show one thread)
- Add cardamom powder and saffron, mix.
- Remove from heat and keep aside. Keep it warm by closing the lid.
- Kachori
- Knead the dough again and divide into 12 equal parts and roll each into a ball.
- Take a piece and roll it into a disc of about 2 inches. Use flour dust as required.
- Add khoya stuffing in the center, and raise the ends and bring it together at the top. Fuse nicely at the top to avoid breakage when frying.
- Roll gently into about a 3 inch disc using flour dust as necessary. You can roll it using your fingers as well. Be careful not to tear the dough while rolling.
- Roll remaining balls.
- Heat ghee or oil in a karahi on slow heat.
- When the oil or ghee is heated, add 3 or 4 kachoris, depending on the size of your karahi (not to be crowded).
- Keep stirring and fry on slow heat until browned on both sides.
- Remove on a paper towel and let cool.
- Heat sugar syrup, if necessary and add kachori into the syrup. Dip for 30 to 40 seconds and then remove on a plate.
- Garnish with silver foil and dry fruits.
Notes
- Be patient when frying. It is slow process, else it will not fry from inside.
- Store in an airtight container for 2 -3 days.
- You can bake in an air fryer also. Preheat for 375’F and bake until golden brown on both sides.Turn in between.
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