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Chiroti

A popular sweet dish deep fried in oil and served with Badam milk.

Ingredients : 

  • Refined flour (Maida) - 1cup
  • Fine Semolina (suji) - 1cup
  • Ghee     - 11/2cup
  • Rice flour -1/2cup
  • Oil for frying
  • Salt - to taste

For Badam Milk 

  • Badam - 40nos
  • Half cream milk - 1litre
  • Sugar - to taste
  • Saffron - few strands

Method of Preparation :

Badam Milk : 
Soak the  badam in hot water for half an hour. Peel and grind into smooth paste. Bring the half cream milk to boil, add badam paste, sugar to taste and a few strands of saffron and simmer for some time.

Chiroti :
Mix refined flour and semolina with 1/2cup of ghee along with a pinch of salt. Make a soft dough, keep aside for an hour and kneed it again. Make 10 small balls and roll to chapati's size. 

Mix 3/4cup ghee and the rice flour into a paste. Smear this paste on each of the chapattis and arrange one above the other and roll it like a swiss roll. Cut the roll into 2" size pieces and press lightly on swiss roll and flatten to make a small poori. Deep fry in refined oil and sprinkle sugar on it. Serve the chiroti's with Badam milk.