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Kaja Sweet Recipe

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Kaja Sweet Recipe
Kaja, khaja, tapeswaram kaja or Madatha Kaja is a Traditional Andhra sweet which has crispy layered sweet. This is generally made from Maida (plain flour). We added grated pistachios and almonds, ghee & rice flour for the fillings.
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Course Desserts
Cuisine South Indian
Prep Time 20 min
Cook Time 30 min
Servings
people
MetricUS Imperial
Ingredients
Outer layer
Filling
Sugar Syrup
Course Desserts
Cuisine South Indian
Prep Time 20 min
Cook Time 30 min
Servings
people
MetricUS Imperial
Ingredients
Outer layer
Filling
Sugar Syrup
kaja-sweet
Votes: 14
Rating: 3.79
You:
Rate this recipe!
Instructions
  1. Sieve Maida/ All purpose flour without lumps.
  2. In a bowl add Maida, ghee, milk and salt mix well.
  3. Then add water slowly to make the soft dough.
  4. Cover the bowl with cotton cloth then leave it for 5 min.
  5. Sprinkle flour, place the dough on chapathi stone then roll out into large thin chapatti.
  6. In a bowl add rice flour & ghee mix well. Then add grated almonds and pistachios gently mix & keep aside.
  7. Add rice flour mixture then spread evenly all over the chapatti.
  8. Then fold the chapatti tightly then cut into diamond shape.
  9. Then take each piece & gently press or roll out.
  10. For sugar syrup:- Add water & sugar in a pan mix gently & let it dissolves.
  11. Then add cardamom & let it boil & leave it for 7 min for string consistency then cut off heat.
  12. Heat oil & ghee or vanaspati in a pan, deep fry on medium hot oil.
  13. Once fried flip over & cook another side.
  14. Once balls turned golden brown & crispy take it out. Drain on an absorbent paper.
  15. Immediately place in to the sugar syrup & leave it for 2 min. Then take it out & cool it in room temperature.
  16. Once sugar syrup fully absorbed & totally dried store it in an airtight container & use within 10 days

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