Mawa Kachori

 Mawa Kachori-

Ingredients :

For the dough-

 Maida / All purpose flour/ whole wheat flour - 2 cups

 Ghee / Clarified butter - ¼ cup

 Pinch of salt

Ice cold water to knead the dough

For the filling-

Khoya / Dried whole milk - 1 cup

Cardamom powder - ½ tsp

Dry fruits ( almonds, cashews)- 2 tbsp (ghee roasted and then finely chopped)

Powdered sugar - ¾ cup

For the sugar coating

 Sugar - 1 cup

Water - ¾ cup

Cardamom powder - ½ tsp

 Saffron - a pinch

Instructions:

For the dough

Mix flour, ghee, and salt in a bowl and mix nicely with your fingers.

Add ice-cold water little by little and knead a soft dough.

Cover and keep aside.

For the filling

Heat khoya in a pan.

Cook till it starts to leave the sides of the pan.

Remove from heat and cool completely.

Add cardamom powder, dry fruits, and powdered sugar.

Mix well.

For the sugar syrup

Heat sugar and water in a pan.

Cook till it has reached 1 string consistency.

Remove from heat.

Add cardamom powder and saffron.

Keep aside.

Assembly

Divide the dough and filling into 12 equal parts.

Take one part and make it into a ball.

 roll it slightly.( it shouldn’t be thin like roti)

Keep one part filling in the center and bring the ends together.

Seal nicely.

You can roll it using your fingers.

Be careful not to tear the dough while rolling.

Heat ghee in a karahi.

When the ghee is barely hot, slide the kachoris in the pan.

Cook on low heat till slightly browned from both sides.

Remove on a plate and let cool.

Heat the sugar syrup once again.

Dip the cooled kachoris in the warm syrup and take it out on a plate.

Garnish with dry fruit slivers, rose petals, silver foil and saffron strands.