Dried milk dumplings, deep fried and soaked in sugar syrup make a favourite sub-continet sweet.
Ingredients:-
Khoya 300 gm/1 ¼ cups
Cardamoms, peeled 5
Paneer (Chhena) 60 gm/ ¼ cup
Clarified butter (ghee) to deep fry
Flour 45 gm/3 tbs
Rosewater 2 drops
Saffron 1 gm/2 tsp
Soda bi-carb a pinch
Sugar 960 gm/4 cups
Method:-
Knead khoya and chhena gently together. Dissolve soda bi-carb in 1 teaspoon water. Add flour and soda to the khoya and chhena mixture. Knead to a smooth, soft, dough-like consistency. Make 24 balls and smoothen by rolling between your palms. Boil sugar in 480 gm/2 cups water for 5-7 minutes till the syrup turns golden brown.
Pound saffron. Mix with cardamom seeds and rosewater concentrate to form the filling. Flatten balls. Place a pinch of this filling in the centre, seal and roll into balls again. In a kadhai heat ghee to medium heat. Slide the balls, a few at a time, into the ghee then gently shake the pan till the balls rise to the surface. Remove with slotted spoon and immediately immerse in syrup.
Time: Preparation: 30 minutes
Cooking: 1 hour
To Serve: Remove to a bowl along with syrup and serve hot.
What type of wheat should be used for sprouting?
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Plz see the link below.
ReplyDeleteHow to Sprout Wheat at home.
In stores there are wheat is available in broken form also, so may be U have used that, it may not work. Use the whole, instead.
Note:-
By the way it is harder to sprout wheat at home, & recognizing the right time to use it as sweetened & soft. So it is better to use ready made sprouted wheat.
plz tell me what is chhena
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