Khurma

INGREDIENTS

1. Maida (flour) 250gms
2. Oil for deep frying
3. Cardamom powder 2-3gms
4. Sugar 200gms

Method of Preparation:-

• In a big bowl, mix Maida and 4 tbsp oil make medium consistency dough with warm water. Cover and leave the dough for 10 minutes.
• Now smooth the dough and divide in 4 parts. Smooth each part in a round ball shape.
  Take one ball of dough, cover the other three, and keep aside.
• Roll out the first dough ball in ½” thick disc. With a sharp knife cut it in small diamond shape pieces. Similarly roll each dough ball one by one and cut out the diamond shape.
• Now heat oil for deep-frying in a kadhai.
• When fully hot bring the flame to medium. Add a hand full of diamond shape dough and fry on medium to low heat till crisp and golden. Take out and keep aside. Do not fry
  on high heat. Similarly fry all and keep aside.
• Now in a deep pot add sugar and 1 cup water and Elachi (cardamom) powder.
• Make thick sugar syrup of it. When a drop of syrup dropped in a cup of water starts to thicken immediately, take the pot off the heat.
• Add all the fried diamond shape balls and keep turning with a spoon to coat all the pieces with sugar nicely. While doing this the syrup will start drying so mix the fried pieces
  quickly.
• When completely dry take out in a bowl, cool and store in an airtight container.