MALPUA (BENGALI DESERT ,FESTIVAL SWEET)

 

Malpua , a typical Bengali desert , soft , floating in juicy sugar syrup , a traditional Bengali sweet dish .

Bengalees  prepare it in their festivals like Holi, Bijoya Dashami (last day of Durga puja). Not only Bengali, the people of our neighboring states like Assam, Odessa, Bihar also have it in their respective festivals .

I learned this recipe from my mother. I made this with cheena (cottage cheese) which adds a different flavor in malpua. As I am a bit health conscious, I usually make this with jaggery powder instead of sugar. jaggery powder is helpful to our health and for growing children as well. I will discuss about benefits of jaggery powder in another blog later.

Now I am sharing the recipe here

INGREDIENTS:

1)      Moida (white flour): 2 cups.

2)      Cheena (cottage cheese): 1 cup. (Smash cheena properly with the help of hand.)

3)      Milk: as per requirement.

4)      Jaggery powder: 1 ½ cup.

5)      Semolina: 4 tablespoons.

6)      Fennel seeds: 1 tablespoon.

7)      Cardamom (elaichi) and black cardamom seeds: 1 teaspoon.

8)       White oil to fry.

PROCESS: Mix all ingredients. Pour milk in it. Be careful about the consistency of the mixture, it is neither so thick nor so thin. A semi running consistency is perfect .Keep aside for 1 hour.

Make jaggery syrup. Boil 2 cups of water with 1 and ½ cups of jaggery powder. Keep it aside to cool down the syrup.

Fry malpua in hot white oil and put it in jaggery syrup. After 5 minutes, take out malpua from syrup.

Our juicy malpua is ready to serve .You can take it hot or cool as you like. It is so soft, juicy and flavored when you have it your eyes will definitely close to have the heavenly taste.  It is a perfect desert for post lunch or dinner.

Thank you.