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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
Servings: 10
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients Method

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

Method
 

For making dough:
  1. In a mixing bowl, take 1 cup of all-purpose flour, a pinch of salt. Mix well
  2. Next, add 1 tbsp of melted butter, mix well till it reaches crumbled texture
  3. then add water little by little, knead for 5 minutes to make a stiff dough (like poori dough)
  4. cover and rest it for 30 minutes
for grinding:
  1. 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:
  1. Heat 1/2 cup of milk in a pan, bring into a boil
  2. then add in 1/2 cup of milk powder, mix well
  3. Next, add ground nuts mixture along with 1/4 cup of sugar
  4. Heat it in medium-low flame, till it thickens
  5. And then take off, transfer to a bowl, let it cool
Assembling dough and kova nuts stuffing:
  1. In a rolling pad, apply some ghee over it
  2. Take the dough, divide into 2 halves, roll into medium thin sheet,
  3. using cookie cutter or small bowl, make small discs
  4. 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
  5. 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:
  1. In a pan, add 1/2 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar
  2. 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)
  3. then add 1/4 tsp of cardamom powder, and a pinch of saffron strands mix well
  4. Now add 1 tsp of lemon juice and mix well
    Keep aside
frying:
  1. 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:
  1. Straight away dip the fried chandrakala and suryakala in sugar syrup for 5 minutes
  2. then take off and serve