Poila Baisakh or Bengali New Year’s Day just a week away, here is one healthy sweet recipe for Malpua made with the goodness of walnuts for you to try on the occasion. We all know Sweets are a must-have for all Indian festivals and there’s no better way to indulge in the temptation than giving it a healthy twist.
Ingredients:
For Malpua Batter:
1 cup all-purpose flour/maida
3 tsp unsweetened khoya/mawa
1 tsp fennel seeds | Water
For Sugar Syrup:
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
2 tsp milk
1/4 tsp cardamom powder
For Frying:
Oil / ghee
For Rabri:
1 liter milk
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
A pinch of saffron
California walnuts
Cooking Method Steps:
Malpua Batter
1. Mix all-purpose flour/maida and unsweetened khoa/mawa, then add fennel seeds to it.
2. Gradually add water and mix to a thick flowing batter.
3. Ferment the batter for 12 hours.
Sugar syrup
1. Boil water and add sugar and cardamom pods to it.
2. Stir it until the sugar dissolves then let it boil for another 5 mins on medium flame.
3. Keep the sugar syrup aside
Rabri
1. Heat a thick-bottomed pot with the milk. Keep the flame on medium-low and continuously stir the milk
2. Once the milk reduces to half, add the sugar, cardamom powder and saffron strands, mix well.
3. Soak walnuts for 2 hours, then chop them finely and add the walnuts to the rabri and mix well.
4. The rabri is done.
Malpua
1. Heat oil in a wide pan.
2. Gently pour the fermented batter. Flip them and fry till it turns crisp and golden colour. Now add the fried malpua to the sugar syrup.
3. Soak in sugar syrup for 2 minutes.
4. Serve the malpua with rabri, chopped walnuts and saffron.
