Today is the second day of Blogging Marathon#9. I am doing festival foods of India with step by step illustrations. For this day I planned on preparing chiroti. Chiroti is a special sweet from Karnataka. Actually, chiroti is prepared with chiroti rava. It is a very fine quality of rava. As I don't get chiroti rava at Madurai, I used maida instead. As I went through many posts on chiroti, they mentioned that, it can be prepared in two ways. Sprinkling powdered sugar on top of hot chiroti is one method and the in the other method, chiroti is dipped in sugar syrup. As we all have sweet tooth, I preferred to dip the chiroti in sugar syrup instead of sprinkling sugar on top. The sugar sprinkled chiroti can be served along with badam milk. In a marriage I attended in Mysore, they served chiroti and badam milk as the dessert. The preparation is quite interesting and I loved working on it. The chiroti was so crisp and when you take a bite, the syrup oozes out. It was so delicious and we enjoyed it a lot.
Ingredients:
Maida-1cup
Rice Flour-1tbs
Ghee-1 1/2tbs
Milk-1/4cup
Melted Ghee-1/8cup
Sugar-1 1/2cups
Cardamom Powder-1/2tsp
Oil-To deep fry
Procedure:
1. Add melted ghee to maida and mix well.
2. Add the milk and mix well.
3. Add enough water to make a soft dough.
4. Knead the dough for 5 minutes until smooth and elastic.
5. Divide it into 10 equal balls.
6. Cream together rice flour and ghee. Beat it until fluffy.
7. Add 1cup of water to the sugar and prepare a sticky syrup. Add cardamom powder for flavour.
8. Roll out five balls into thin equal sized discs.
9. Apply the rice paste evenly on one disc and place another disc on top. Apply the paste on the second disc and place a third disc on top. Like wise, layer 5 discs with the paste in between.
10. Start rolling it tightly from one end to form a log.
11. Finish with the second batch.
12. Heat oil.
13. Cut each log into seven or eight equal parts. Roll each part into a thin disc.
14. Fry both side until golden brown.
15. Remove from oil and drop into syrup. As the chiroti is hot, it will absorb the syrup fast.
16. Just flip it inside the syrup. Remove from syrup and place on a plate to cool.
17. Finish with the remaining chirotis.
18. Serve it on festivals...
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| Add melted ghee to maida |
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| Add milk and water to prepare a soft dough |
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| Cream ghee and rice flour together |
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| Divide into 10 balls |
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| Roll out a ball and apply the paste on it |
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| Place the other disc on top |
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| Place five layers of the discs |
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| Roll into a log |
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| Cut into 7/8 equal parts |
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| Roll it into a disc |
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| Fry in oil |
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| Dip in syrup |
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| Allow it to dry |
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| Serve |
I am sending this to Only Sweets and Desserts hosted by me and started by Pari.
There is a Tarla Dalal's cook book give away for the winner chosen by Pari. Send in your entries to me to get a chance to win the cook book.Labels: FLOUR, KARNATAKA SPECIAL, SUGAR, SWEETS
