Ingredients
- All purpose flour - 1 + 1/8 cup
- Egg - 1 ( I used a large egg)
- Baking powder - 1/4 teaspoon
- Sugar - 1/4 cup
- Cardamom - 1 pod
- Nutmeg - 1/8 teaspoon
- Canola oil - 2 cups for frying
Method
- In a medium bowl mix, flour, cardamom, nutmeg powder and baking powder set aside.
- In a medium sauce pot add sugar and egg and when it slightly beaten add the flour mixture to form smooth dough and set aside for 40 minutes resting. (Add only enough flour to make smooth dough).
- When you are ready to fry, heat 2 cups of canola oil in a deep bottomed pan.
- Shape the smooth dough into a log and then cut them into five 2×2.5 inch piece squares. Make a deep cut in the center and again one opposite to the first cut.
- Fry them in medium heat for 4 minutes flipping them in between to ensure uniform cooking .Make sure that oil is not too hot then outside gets burns earlier and inner dough will not be cooked. Once they are cooked remove from the oil using a slotted spoon and transfer to kitchen towel to remove excess oil.
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Baking
How to make ?
Ingredients
- Maida - 1 cup
- Soda powder - A pinch
- Water - (1/8 - 1/4) cup
- Cardamom powder - 1/8 tsp
- Salt - As required
For sugar syrup :
- Sugar - 3/4 cup
- Water - 2 cups
Method
- Mix maida, soda powder, cardamom powder and salt with enough water to make a smooth dough.Knead very well to incorporate all the ingredients.
- Leave the dough for around 15-30 mts.
- Divide the dough into equal parts and start working on one ball at a time.
- Flatten the dough ball and cut out equal strands of ribbons.
- Now make slanted cuts in one ribbon and you get diamond shaped cuts. Repeat the steps for all the dough balls.
- Heat a pan with enough oil and fry the cuts out (few at a time).
- The cuts will puff up and ends will start browning up.
- Drain them and keep aside.
- Mix water and sugar and heat it until you get a threadlike consistency.
- Dip the diamond cuts in the sugar syrup and drain them. Keep them aside for cooling down.
- Once the cuts are cooled, store them in an airtight container.
Ingredients
- Maida - 1 cup
- Egg - 3 nos
- Sugar - 1/2 cup
- Ghee - (1/2 -3/4) cup
- Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
- Vanilla Essence - 1/2 tsp
- Cocoa powder - 2 tbsp
- Cashews - 25 gm
Method
- Powder the sugar finely.
- Beat together the egg and sugar for 2 minutes and add vanilla essence.
- Sift the cocoa powder, maida and baking powder.
- Combine the beaten egg mixture, the mixed powders and ghee together in a bowl and mix well.
- Grease the baking pan with ghee and pour the prepared mixture into it.
- Bake in an oven at 900°C for 3 minutes and then at 600°C for 1 minute.
- Remove the baking pan from the oven and then preheat for 3 mins (microwave + grill).
- Bake again at 900°C for 1 minute. (You can check if the cake is cooked by inserting a knife into the cake. If it comes out clean, then its done)
- Remove it from the oven and cool it.
