Friday, July 9, 2021

Sweet poori

Sweet poori is a crispy and delicious Indian dessert that is dipped in sugar syrup. 

Sweet pooris are made by making layers of dough, spread with ghee, rolled and deep fried in oil. These pooris are then dipped in sugar syrup and topped with nuts and raisin to make a delicious festive dessert.

Making these sweet pooris are very easy although it may look little tricky at first. But if you follow the steps, making them should be a cakewalk.

Ingredients

1. Maida (all-purpose flour) - 1 cup + 2 tbsp (for sprinkling the dough)
2. Ghee - 2 tbsp + 2 tbsp
3. Salt - 2 pinch
4. Water - 200ml + for making dough
5. Cooking - for deep frying
6. Sugar - 200 grams
7. Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp

Preparation

Preparing the dough

  1. Take a bowl, add a cup of maida (all-purpose flower), 2 tbsp of ghee and 2 pinch of salt.
  2. Mix these ingredients well.
  3. Add little by little water and make a soft dough.
  4. Cover the bowl and rest the dough for about 10 to 15 minutes.

Preparing the sugar syrup

  1. In the meantime, prepare the sugar syrup for dipping the fried pooris.
  2. Take a pot, add 200 grams of sugar and 200 ml of water.
  3. Stir it and boil it well until it becomes mild string syrup.
  4. Keep stirring it every now and then.
  5. When the syrup is ready, turn off the flame.
  6. Add 1/4 tsp of cardamom powder and mix it well.
  7. Keep this sugar syrup aside.

Preparing the pooris

  1. Take a frying pan and add cooking oil for deep frying.
  2. Heat the oil for some time.
  3. In the meantime, take the dough and knead it well.
  4. Take a chapati roller and dust a little flour.
  5. Place the dough on the roller and using your hands, roll it a little to make it look like a rectangular shape.
  6. Using a knife, divide the dough equally into smaller portions.
  7. Take a dough portion, make a ball and press it gently.
  8. Perform the same steps with remaining dough potions.
  9. Dust a little flour on the chapati roller and place a dough ball which has been pressed.
  10. Dust the dough and roll it like a chapati.
  11. Transfer the rolled chapati dough into a plate.
  12. Roll the other dough balls as well and keep them aside.
  13. Keep the last rolled dough on the roller and apply a tsp of ghee on top of it and spread it evenly all over the dough.
  14. Dust a little flour on top and spread it across.
  15. Place another rolled dough on top.
  16. Apply and spread a tsp of ghee all over the dough again.
  17. Dust a little flour on top again and spread it across.
  18. Follow the same steps and layer the remaining rolled dough.
  19. For the last layer as well, apply a tsp ghee.
  20. Dust a little flour and spread it across.
  21. Start rolling the entire layered dough gently and press the edges to make look like a rectangular shape.
  22. Take a knife and cut it into small potions evenly.
  23. Take a potion and flip it to make the layered portion stay on the top.
  24. Gently press it with your palms and keep them aside.
  25. Place a pressed dough on the chapati roller.
  26. Dust a little flour and roll it gently like a thick poori.
  27. Roll the remaining layered doughs and keep them aside.
  28. Back to the oil, when the oil is hot enough, drop the rolled poori into the hot oil carefully.
  29. Fry them on both sides until they become crispy and golden in color.
  30. When it is done, transfer the fried pooris into a plate.
  31. Now dip the fried pooris in sugar syrup on both sides.
  32. Leave them for a minute and transfer them to a serving plate.
  33. Garnish these pooris with chopped almonds, raisins or nuts of your choice.
  34. That's it! Sweet poori is ready to be served.
These sweet pooris are a great dessert recipe for any festive occasions, or for your friend and family get-together.

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