Maida (refined 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)- a few
Kesari colour (saffron colour) -a little For the garnish :
Silver varq
Almonds & pistachios
How to make Chandrakla :
Make a soft dough of maida, rava, ghee and milk.
Keep it aside for 10 minutes.
Sieve mava and roast it for 3-4 minutes in a kadai.
Cool it.
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 a sugar syrup of one-string consistency with one-fourth cup of water simultaneously adding the kesar and kesari colour.
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