Suji Kakara with bhaja pura
KAKARA a deep fried traditional sweet cake from Orissa and is delicious...These kakaras are one of my favourite ...I love them ,even now also if I go to my Moms place she will prepare this dish for me .In my school days I used to have them on shiv ratri, dashahra, raja & some other festivals too .
Finally after a long time I gathered enough courage to prepare this dish all by myself. I called my MOM & asked the recipe...These were on my mind for couple of weeks and today I could not resist , as today is 1st day of Raja .... so tried this for the first time and it did taste good.
So friends here is the recipe..:)
Suji (rawa ) -2 cups (u can add jaggery instead of sugar, believe me the taste will be doubled)
Water 4 cups
Sugar -1 ½ cup ( u can adjust sugar according to your taste)
cardamom- 5 pcs ( make powder)
Shredded fresh coconut- half a coconut
Freshly Grounded Black pepper- 1tsp
Chenna (soft paneer) -50 gms (optional)
Refined Oil- for frying
Salt - a pinch
Method:
In a frying pan, mix properly the shredded coconut, half of Sugar, black pepper powd. and cardamom powder and then roast it for 5-7 minutes , Dont fry the coconut too much then add the soft panner & mix well . remove from flame and keep them aside.
Boil about 4 cups of water (double the amount of rawa))& add sugar, a pinch of salt to it. When sugar dissolves, Add Rawa to it. Mix them fast to avoid any lumps. Stir it Keep it on the flame for 2 min. Remove from flame and keep aside.
Let the dough cools down to room temperature.
Then apply ltl oil in your palms. Kneed the dough till it becomes soft.
Make small small balls from the dough & flatten them using your palms ,
Make a deep depression in between ( make it like a cup) using your fingers & put the coconut stuffing.
Then Close it form all sides .Make the above balls into flat shape with the help of your palms.
Heat oil in a frying pan . When hot, drop these stuffed balls one by one
& fry in a lower flame till they turns golden brown from each side.
Kakara pitha is ready and serve it hot or cool anyway u like it.
sending this to Bon Vivant #5 - Appetizers
KAKARA a deep fried traditional sweet cake from Orissa and is delicious...These kakaras are one of my favourite ...I love them ,even now also if I go to my Moms place she will prepare this dish for me .In my school days I used to have them on shiv ratri, dashahra, raja & some other festivals too .
Finally after a long time I gathered enough courage to prepare this dish all by myself. I called my MOM & asked the recipe...These were on my mind for couple of weeks and today I could not resist , as today is 1st day of Raja .... so tried this for the first time and it did taste good.
So friends here is the recipe..:)
Ingredients:
Suji (rawa ) -2 cups (u can add jaggery instead of sugar, believe me the taste will be doubled)
Water 4 cups
Sugar -1 ½ cup ( u can adjust sugar according to your taste)
cardamom- 5 pcs ( make powder)
Shredded fresh coconut- half a coconut
Freshly Grounded Black pepper- 1tsp
Chenna (soft paneer) -50 gms (optional)
Refined Oil- for frying
Salt - a pinch
Method:
In a frying pan, mix properly the shredded coconut, half of Sugar, black pepper powd. and cardamom powder and then roast it for 5-7 minutes , Dont fry the coconut too much then add the soft panner & mix well . remove from flame and keep them aside.
Boil about 4 cups of water (double the amount of rawa))& add sugar, a pinch of salt to it. When sugar dissolves, Add Rawa to it. Mix them fast to avoid any lumps. Stir it Keep it on the flame for 2 min. Remove from flame and keep aside.
Let the dough cools down to room temperature.
Then apply ltl oil in your palms. Kneed the dough till it becomes soft.
Make small small balls from the dough & flatten them using your palms ,
Make a deep depression in between ( make it like a cup) using your fingers & put the coconut stuffing.
Then Close it form all sides .Make the above balls into flat shape with the help of your palms.
Heat oil in a frying pan . When hot, drop these stuffed balls one by one
& fry in a lower flame till they turns golden brown from each side.
Kakara pitha is ready and serve it hot or cool anyway u like it.
sending this to Bon Vivant #5 - Appetizers
wow..these look tasty!really nice.
ReplyDeleteKakara pitha looks yummy. Never tasted it. Thank u for sharing. :)
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