Name: Khaja recipe by Soma Mukherjee at BetterButter
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: For the dough All purpose flour 1cup; Clarified butter or ghee 4 table spoon; Pinch of salt; Water; 3 table spoon ghee + 1 table spoon rice flour mix; Ghee/ oil/ banaspati for deep frying; For Sugar syrup 2 cups sugar; 1cup and 1/4 cup water; 5-6 cardamom seeds

Ingredients Serving: 8

For the dough All purpose flour 1cup
Clarified butter or ghee 4 table spoon
Pinch of salt
Water
3 table spoon ghee + 1 table spoon rice flour mix
Ghee/ oil/ banaspati for deep frying
For Sugar syrup 2 cups sugar
1cup and 1/4 cup water
5-6 cardamom seeds

Instructions

1 CUP ALL PURPOSE FLOUR 4 TABLE SPOON CLARIFIED BUTTER AND PINCH OF SALT
ADD SALT
ADD CLARIFIED BUTTER
MIX
ADD 1/2 CUP OF WATER
ADD LITTLE MORE WATER AND MAKE THE DOUGH
KNEAD IT
COVER IT AND LEAVE IT FOR 20-30 MINUTES
ADD 1 TABLE SPOON RICE FLOUR TO 3 TABLE SPOON CLARIFIED BUTTER
MIX PROPERLY
DIVIDE THE DOUGH INTO 4 PORTION
ROLL ALL FOUR
NOW SPREAD THE RICE FLOUR GHEE OR CLARIFIED BUTTER MIX EVENLY ALL OVER THE DOUGH SHEET
PLACE A DOUGH SHEET ON IT
SPREAD THE RICE FLOUR GHEE MIX ON IT
PLACE THE THIRD SHEET ON IT AND REPEAT THE PROCESS
PLACE THE LAST SHEET AND SPREAD AGAIN THE GHEE AND RICE FLOUR MIX
NOW MAKE A ROLL
CUT IT IN PIECES
I MADE 8 PIECES
TAKE ONE BY ONE AND ROLL WITH A ROLLING PIN
HEAT GHEE OR OIL OR BANASPATI (IF YOU LIKE)
AND DEEP FRY
TILL IT CRISP AND LIGHT REDDISH IN COLOUR
DRAIN THE EXCESS OIL AND KEEP ASIDE
FRY ALL KHAJAS SIMILARLY
FOR SUGAR SYRUP BOIL 2 CUPS GRANULATED SUGAR WITH 1 AND 1/4 CUP WATER
ADD 5-6 CARDAMOM SEEDS
MAKE SUGAR SYRUP
DEEP THE FRIED KHAJA S
SOAK IN SUGAR SYRUP
SERVE THIS DELICIOUS SWEET

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