Rajasthan's Mawa Kachori Recipe

Producer: Priyanka Das  Editor: Aparna Singh

Ingredients

Flour – 1 cup Desi ghee – 1 tbsp Salt – a pinch For stuffing Mawa (khoya) – 1 cup Chopped almonds – 2 tbsp Pistachio slices – 2 tbsp Raisins – 2 tbsp Saffron threads – 1 pinch Cardamom powder – 1 tsp Desi ghee – for frying Sugar – 2 cups

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Begin by taking a bowl and adding all-purpose flour to it. Next, add a tablespoon of desi ghee and a pinch of salt to the flour, mix well and knead the dough. It’s important to note that you should not use water to knead the dough, instead use desi ghee.

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Once the dough is kneaded, cover it and let it rest for 10 minutes. Now, take a large bowl and add mawa (khoya) to it.

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Add chopped cashew nuts and almonds to the mawa mixture, and then add raisins and cardamom powder. Add 2 tablespoons of sugar and mix all the ingredients well.

Take the maida dough and shape it into a ball, then roll it out into a round shape. Place the prepared filling in the center and fold the dough to make a circle, pressing it with your thumb to give it the shape of a kachori.

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To prepare the mawa kachoris, roll the dough into small balls and stuff them with the prepared filling. Keep the stuffed balls aside on a plate.

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Heat desi ghee in a pan and fry the kachoris until they turn golden brown on both sides. Once done, take them out on a plate. Fry all the mawa kachoris in the same way and keep them aside.

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In a separate pan, add sugar and a cup of water and heat it until the sugar dissolves completely in the water. This process will take around 7-8 minutes, and you will get your sugar syrup.

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After that, add a pinch of saffron threads to the sugar syrup and dissolve it using a ladle.

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Take a serving bowl and put the mawa kachoris in it. Pour a little bit of the sugar syrup over the kachoris and serve.