Cuisine: Rajasthan
Category: Dessert
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 20 min
Serves: 8
Difficulty: Medium
🌿 Vegetarian
Deep-fried flaky pastry stuffed with sweetened khoya and dry fruits, soaked in sugar syrup — the indulgent Rajasthani sweet pastry from Jodhpur.
Ingredients
- For pastry:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (maida)
- 4 tbsp ghee — for shortening
- 1/2 tsp salt
- Water — firm dough
- Oil for frying
- For filling:
- 1 cup khoya (mawa) — crumbled and lightly roasted
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp cashews — finely chopped
- 2 tbsp almonds — finely chopped
- 2 tbsp raisins
- 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
- For syrup: 1.5 cups sugar + 3/4 cup water + cardamom — one-string
Method
- Make filling: combine lightly roasted khoya with powdered sugar, cashews, almonds, raisins and cardamom.
- Mix thoroughly. Divide into 16 portions.
- Make pastry: rub ghee into maida until crumbly.
- Knead with water into a firm smooth dough. Rest 15 minutes.
- Divide into 16 balls. Roll each into a round 8 cm wide.
- Place one filling portion in centre. Bring edges up and seal completely. Reshape into a smooth ball.
- Flatten gently.
- Fry on medium-low for 6 to 8 minutes turning regularly until deep golden and completely cooked.
- The slow frying creates flakiness.
- Drain. Immediately dip in warm one-string sugar syrup for 30 seconds.
- Drain on a rack. The syrup dries to a gloss.