Thursday, 15 August 2013

RAJASTHANI GHEVAR RECIPE
















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Ingredients:

3 cups Plain Flour
1 cup Ghee
3-4 icecubes
4 cups water
1/2 cup Milk
1/4 tsp Yellow Colour
1 kg Ghee

Syrup:

1 1/2 cups Sugar 
1 cup Water

Topping:


1 tsp Cardamom Powder 
1 tbsp Almonds chopped
 
1 tbsp Pistachios
 
1 tbsp Milk
 
1/2 tsp Saffron dissolved in milk
 
Silver foil

Method:

·    Prepare sugar syrup of 1 thread consistency and keep aside.
·    In a large bowl put ghee.
·    Add milk, flour and 1 cup water. Mix together to make a smooth batter.
·    Dissolve colour in some water and add to batter. Add more water as required.
·    Batter should be of running consistency.
·    Take an aluminium or steel cylindrical container.
·    The height should be at least 12". And diameter 5-6".
·    Fill half with ghee. Heat.
·    When ghee is hot, take a 50 ml, glassful of batter.
·    Pour in centre of ghee, slowly in one continuous threadlike stream.
·    Allow foam to settle. Pour one more glassful in hole formed in centre.
·    When foam settles again, loosen ghevar with an iron skewer inserted in hole.
·    Place on a mesh to drain excessive oil.
·    Keep sugar syrup in a wide flat bottomed container to fit in ghevar.
·    Dip ghevar in it, and remove, keep aside on mesh to drain excess syrup .
·    Cool a little, top with silver foil.
·    Splash a few drops of saffron milk, sprinkle some chopped dryfruit and a few pinches of cardamom powder.

·    Ghevar is ready to be served.

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