A recipe for Rajasthan’s most popular dessert – Ghevar
Rajasthan is known for its ghee-laden yummy sweets, and Ghevar tops the list. It is one of the most popular desserts made of flour, milk, sugar, saffron, dry fruits and loads of ghee, of course. Learn to make it at home instead of making a run for the nearest sweet shop.
Ingredients
3 cups plain flour
1 cup ghee
3-4 icecubes
4 cups water
1/2 cup milk
1/4 tsp yellow colour
1 kg ghee
Syrup:
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup water
Topping:
1 tsp cardamom powder
1 tbsp almonds chopped
1 tbsp pistachios
1 tbsp milk
1/2 tsp saffron dissolved in milk
Silver foil
Method
- Prepare sugar syrup of 1 thread consistency and keep aside.
- In a large bowl put ghee. Add milk, flour and 1 cup water. Mix together to make a smooth batter.
- Dissolve colour in some water and add to batter. Add more water as required. Batter should be of running consistency.
- Take an aluminium or steel cylindrical container. The height should be at least 12″. And diameter 5-6″.
- Fill half with ghee. Heat. When ghee is hot, take a 50 ml, glassful of batter. Pour in centre of ghee, slowly in one continuous threadlike stream.
- Allow foam to settle. Pour one more glassful in hole formed in centre. When foam settles again, loosen ghevar with an iron skewer inserted in hole. Place on a mesh to drain excessive oil.
- Keep sugar syrup in a wide flat bottomed container to fit in ghevar. Dip ghevar in it, and remove, keep aside on mesh to drain excess syrup.
- Cool a little, top with silver foil. Splash a few drops of saffron milk, sprinkle some chopped dryfruit and a few pinches of cardamom powder.
- Ghevar is ready to be served.
Recipe courtesy: Hotel Sahara Star, Mumbai
Image courtesy: GodofIndia.com
