Recipe : Magaj

Preparation Time : 50 minutes
Serves : 6-8

Ingredients :

• Chick pea flour - 500 gms

• Sugar - 250 gms

• Khoya (dried whole milk)- 50 gms

• Pistachios blanched - 10

• Almonds, peeled and blanched - 10

• Green cardamom powder - 2 tsp

• Ghee - 250 gms

Method :

• Mix the chickpea flour or besan with 1/2 of the ghee. Keep aside for 15-20 minutes.

• Now sift it through a sieve.

• In a kadhai or wok warm the rest of the ghee and the sifted flour. Fry till flour is golden but not brown stirring it continuously.

• Add the khoya. (Ricotta cheese can be used instead). Stir over low heat.

• Keep aside.

• Make sugar syrup of one thread consistency. Add the syrup and cardamom powder to the fried flour. Mix well.

• Add the blanched pistachios and almonds.

• Make round medium sized balls till warm pressing them tightly with hands and allow it to cool.