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praghree

Nov-03-2017
payal jain
30 minutes
Prep Time
45 minutes
Cook Time
7 People
Serves
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ABOUT praghree RECIPE

a traditional sindhi sweet, deep fried layered crunchy puffs stuffed with mawa and soaked in sugar syrup

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Medium
  • Festive
  • Indian
  • Frying
  • Dessert

Ingredients Serving: 7

  1. For the crust:
  2. 2 cups All purpose flour
  3. 1 tbsp ghee
  4. Water to knead the dough
  5. for the uncooked roux:
  6. 3 tbsp ghee
  7. 1 1/2 tbsp all purpose flour
  8. For the Sugar Syrup:
  9. 1 cup sugar
  10. 3/4 cup water
  11. 3-4 cardamom roughly crushed
  12. For stuffing:
  13. 200 grams sweetened mawa
  14. other ingrediants:
  15. Oil for frying
  16. Rose petals for garnishing

Instructions

  1. for sugar syrup:
  2. in a pan, mix sugar and water and boil the syrup for 3-4 minutes
  3. prepare a thin syrup
  4. add cardamoms and turn off the flame
  5. cover with a lid and keep aside
  6. for the dough:
  7. mix the flour and ghee in a bowl
  8. knead a stiff dough using water
  9. cover with a cloth and let it rest for 5-10 minutes
  10. now, divide the dough into 7 portions
  11. take one portion on the clean surface and cover the remaing portions
  12. now divide this portion into four equal portions and roll these into four small chapati
  13. prepare an uncooked roux by mixing ghee and flour
  14. apply this paste on each chapati
  15. cut each chapati into 1.5 cm wide strips
  16. place the strips one on other
  17. now cut this stack into 4 portions
  18. again stack each portion one on other
  19. press it gently
  20. sprinkle some dry flour on surface and roll the stack into circle
  21. put 1 1/2 tsp of mawa in the centre
  22. apply water around the mawa and gently fold like gujiya
  23. dont press the edges
  24. repeat the same process for the remaining 6 portions
  25. heat oil in a pan
  26. deep fry the puffs, one or two at a time on low flmae till golden brown from each sides
  27. drain on the absorbent paper and let it cool for few minutes
  28. warm the sugar syrup and dip the puffs in syrup for few minutes
  29. place the puff on a plate, garnish with rose petals and serve or store in an air tight container

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Manvi Chauhan
Nov-03-2017
Manvi Chauhan   Nov-03-2017

Thanks for sharing this traditional Indian dessert recipe.

Shilpa gupta
Nov-03-2017
Shilpa gupta   Nov-03-2017

Awesome

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