Malpua

This malpua recipe is also from my mom.

Malpua is a mandatory dish in Holi. Believe it or not, we eat it with mutton curry during Holi :)

Ingredients

1. Maida - 2 cups
2. Sooji - 1/2 cup
3. Milk - 1.5 cups
4. Over ripe bananas - 1.5 big or 3 small
5. Sugar - 2.5 cups
6. Cardamom powder - 1/2 teaspoon
7. Chopped pistachios for garnish
8. Oil or ghee for frying

Method

For chashni

1. Add 1/3 cup of water to sugar and heat it. Once it starts boiling, let it boil for 2-3 minutes and switch off the gas.

For malpua

1. Soak sooji in milk separately, add just enough milk to cover sooji. Leave it for 1 hour.
2. Then mix the sooji very well with your palms. Add maida and milk and leave it for 3 hours.
3. Blend bananas only in a mixie and then add it to the maida + sooji mixture.
4. Add cardamom power and mix well with a big spoon.
5. Bring oil to medium heat and add 1 big spoon of mixture. Once it rises and is brown on the lower side, flip it over.
6. Once it is brown on both sides, squeeze it between two spoons to remove excess oil.
7. Add the malpua into the chashni, leave it for 2 minutes and then take it out.
8. Garnish with chopped pistachios.