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Chandrakala & Suryakala

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
resting time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Servings 10

Ingredients
  

For making dough:

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 tbsp melted butter (or ghee)
  • water as required

for grinding:

  • 1 tbsp almonds
  • 1 tbsp pistachios
  • 1 tbsp cashews

for kova-nuts stuffing:

  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ cup milk powder
  • ¼ cup sugar

For sugar syrup:

  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup water
  • ¼ tsp cardamom powder
  • a pinch saffron strands
  • 1 tsp lemon juice

Other:

  • oil for deep frying

Instructions
 

For making dough:

  • In a mixing bowl, take 1 cup of all-purpose flour, a pinch of salt. Mix well
  • Next, add 1 tbsp of melted butter, mix well till it reaches crumbled texture
  • then add water little by little, knead for 5 minutes to make a stiff dough (like poori dough)
  • cover and rest it for 30 minutes

for grinding:

  • In a blender jar, add in 1 tbsp of almonds, 1 tbsp of pistachios, 1 tbsp of cashews, blend it finely and keep aside

for kova-nuts stuffing:

  • Heat 1/2 cup of milk in a pan, bring into a boil
  • then add in 1/2 cup of milk powder, mix well
  • Next, add ground nuts mixture along with 1/4 cup of sugar
  • Heat it in medium-low flame, till it thickens
  • And then take off, transfer to a bowl, let it cool

Assembling dough and kova nuts stuffing:

  • In a rolling pad, apply some ghee over it
  • Take the dough, divide into 2 halves, roll into medium thin sheet,
  • using cookie cutter or small bowl, make small discs
  • for suryakala: take one disc, place a small kova-nuts ball, cover it by the another disc
    seal over the edge,
    make twist and seal as shown in the picture an video
  • for chandrakala: take one disc, place oval-shaped small kova-nuts mixture, cover it by the other half
    Make twist and seal as shown in the picture and video

for sugar syrup:

  • In a pan, add 1/2 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar
  • Heat it till reaches 1/2 string consistency
    while you check using your fingers, the string formed by the sugar syrup must be broken in half-way when you stretch
    (heat it for 5 minutes)
  • then add 1/4 tsp of cardamom powder, and a pinch of saffron strands mix well
  • Now add 1 tsp of lemon juice and mix well
    Keep aside

frying:

  • Heat the oil in a pan, then reduce into medium flame, gently drop the assembled chandrakala and suryakala, fry it to golden brown color and then take off

Dipping in sugar syrup:

  • Straight away dip the fried chandrakala and suryakala in sugar syrup for 5 minutes
  • then take off and serve
Keyword chandrakala, dessert, milksweet, Suryakala, sweet