Name: Chandrakala recipe by Dhara Shah at BetterButter
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: all purpose flour, 1 cup; Rava (semolina), 1/4 cup; Ghee, 1/4 cup; Milk for making the dough; Mava, 50 gms; Powdered sugar, 2 tblsp; Almonds - pistachios -chashew (sliced), 1/4 cup; Elaichi (powdered cardamom), 1/2 tsp; Sugar, 1/3 cup; Kesar (saffron strands); Kesari colour (saffron colour) -a little; For the Garnish :; Silver varq; Almonds & pistachios

ABOUT Chandrakala RECIPE

Chandrakala is a dessert from Northern India, similar to gujja.The outer covering is made of flour and the stuffing is traditionally made using dry fruits like charoli, raisin, coconut, almonds, and cashews, along with khoa, semolina, cardamom, sugar, and pistachio.

Ingredients Serving: 4

all purpose flour, 1 cup
Rava (semolina), 1/4 cup
Ghee, 1/4 cup
Milk for making the dough
Mava, 50 gms
Powdered sugar, 2 tblsp
Almonds - pistachios -chashew (sliced), 1/4 cup
Elaichi (powdered cardamom), 1/2 tsp
Sugar, 1/3 cup
Kesar (saffron strands)
Kesari colour (saffron colour) -a little
For the Garnish :
Silver varq
Almonds & pistachios

Instructions

Make a soft dough of maida, rava, ghee and milk, keep aside for 10 mins.
Sieve mava and roast it for 3-4 minutes in a kadai and let it be cooled.
Add powdered sugar, cardamom, almonds, pistachios, cashews and mix well.
Make 15 round pieces of it.
Divide the firstly prepared dough into 30 portions and roll them out into small puris.
Stuff one piece of mava preparation between two such puris.
Seal the edges by pressing them lightly and make any design at the edges.
Fry these pieces in hot ghee till crisp and light brown in colour.
Set them aside to cool.
Make chasani:
Make a sugar syrup of one-string consistency with one-fourth cup of water simultaneously adding the saffron and saffron colour.
Chasani is ready.
Coat Chandrakala with Chashni:
Dip Chadrakala in the Chashni, take it out with a ladle and keep in another plate. Similar dip another Chandrakala, dip all Chandrakalas in Chashni and take them out.
Keep Chandrakalas separated from each other, leave them in open air for 1 hour then turn them over and leave for another 1 hour.
Garnish them with silver varq and dry fruits.
Your Chandrakala is ready, you can see they look so pretty.

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