Mawa Kachori Recipe | Sweet Kachori |Rajasthani Recipes

Mawa kachori is a n famous Rajasthani dessert which so popular all over the state. Katchori or Kachauri or kachodi as you might name it is made both in savory or sweet version and My H is big fan of the sweet version with the crispy crust with mawa and nuts filling soaked in syrup. This is a perfect festive recipe to make for any occasion. The mawa filling can be used for making gujjas even . Kasta kachori is always my fav and this is the sweet version I make at home often. Lets quickly move to the recipe..

Mawa Kachori

Category	Preparation time	Cook Time
Sweet	30 mins	15 mins

Ingredients

For Crust

All Purpose Flour – 1 cup

Oil – 2 tbsp

Water as needed ( preferably lukewarm)

For Filling

Mawa – 1cup

Sugar – 3 tbsp

Mixed nuts pd – 2 tbsp

Cardamom – a pinch

Oil to fry

For Sugar syrup

Sugar – 1 cup

Water – 1/2 cup

Saffron – few strands

Method

For Kachori

Mix flour, oil in a bowl, add water as needed and make a soft and pliable dough.
Cover and rest the dough for 1/2 hour.

For Sugar Syrup

In a sauce pan heat sugar and water, add saffron strands.
Boil the syrup till the sugar dissolves and start rolling boil. No need to check for string consistency.

For Filling

In a pan add the grated mawa, and sugar , Cook them in very low flame it the mawa and sugar combines and leaves the sides of the pan.
Add the mixed pd to the mawa mixture, mix it well and keep it aside.

To proceed

Divide the dough and the filling into equal parts.
Take a Rolling pin and roll a ball to 2 inch diameter , place the filling in the middle and pull the edges together in the center.
Do the same for rest of the dough and the filling.Press the filled kachori dough lightly and roll it . Repeat the same for all the filled balls.
Heat oil in a kadai , fry the kachori one or 2 at a time. Fry them in very low flame so that you get a crispy crust.
After the puff up a little flip and cook the other sides.
Fry the kachoris till golden brown from both sides.

To serve