Indulge in sweet treats this Diwali with this Chiroti recipe from @SandhyasKitchen.
Prep time: 15 minutes | Cook time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
Dough:
- 1 cup plain flour
- 2 tbsp semolina
- 2 tbsp corn flour
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/3 – 1/2 cup water/milk
- Plain flour for dusting
Sata:
- 3 tbsp ghee
- 4 tsp corn flour
- 4 tsp plain flour
- 1/4 cup icing sugar for dusting
- 1 tsp cardamom powder for dusting
Method
Dough:
- Add plain flour, semolina, corn flour, salt and ghee to a large mixing bowl. Mix with fingers to obtain a crumbly texture
- Add a little warm milk at a time and knead until you have a soft dough. Knead for another 3-4 minutes until the dough is soft and smooth
- Cover and allow the dough to rest for 30 minutes
- Divide the dough into 6 equal dough ball
Sata:
- Simply stir ghee, corn flour and plain flour steadily until you have a smooth sata
Making the Chiroti:
- Picking one ball at a time, roll the dough into equal sized discs/roti. Repeat this process for the remaining dough balls.
- Place the discs on a flat surface and smear the sata all over
- Lay the second disc on top of the first disc and cover in sata
- Lay the third disc on top and smear the sata all over again
- Roll the three discs into a tight log and trim the corners. Cut the log into 1/2 inch pieces
- Repeat the process with the remaining dough
- Once this is complete, pick up one piece at a time and roll gently into 3-4cm discs with layers side up. Remember to be gentle, otherwise the layers can vanish
- Repeat the process for the remaining pieces
- Heat ghee/oil in a deep pan. Gebntly slide 4 chiroti’s at a time into the oil and fry in a medium flame until light brown in colour. Flip in between frying to ensure they don’t burn
- Drain them on kitchen paper to absorb any extra oil
- Once these are all done, simply mix 1 tsp of cardamom powder with 1/4 cup of icing sugar and dust them all over the prepared chiroti’s
- Serve and store any leftovers in an airtight container
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