Malpua is a rich dessert and best goes with rabdi or rabri. There are two versions, one made with maida which was the only one I thought that exists until I asked my friend Sangeeta for her aunt’s version. As I noted down the recipe, it was very similar to the south Indian wheat flour appam, just the method slightly different. This was very different and interesting for me, so I thought I will post this one for Krishna Janmashtami 2015, which falls on Saturday, September 5th. We always make our regular murukku seedai and appam, so thought of trying and posting this
Malpua with rabri recipe
Recipe Cuisine:Indian | Recipe Category:Dessert
Prep Time: 15 mins | Cook time: 45 mins | Serves: 6
Prep Time: 15 mins | Cook time: 45 mins | Serves: 6
Ingredients For malpua
Wheat flour – 1/2 cup
Sugar – 1/4 cup
Cardamom – 1, powdered
Cooking soda (Optional) – A pinch
Saffron – Few strands
Salt a pinch
Ghee or oil - To shallow fry
Sugar – 1/4 cup
Cardamom – 1, powdered
Cooking soda (Optional) – A pinch
Saffron – Few strands
Salt a pinch
Ghee or oil - To shallow fry
Ingredients for Rabri
Milk – 4 cups
Pistachios – 8
Sugar – 3 tbsp
Pistachios – 8
Sugar – 3 tbsp
This will give you approx 1 & 1/2 cups of rabri. Sure more for the above given malpua, so if you want you can reduce the rabri. Or you can make and consume later.
Method
To prepare rabri/ Rabdi
- Boil milk in a broad vessel. Add sugar to it and put the flame to medium or low. Keep boiling and scrap the sides and mix in the malai layer that forms on the top.
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- Repeat this for every 2 minutes, In between add soaked, peeled and chopped pistachios.
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- Continue heating and repeat the same until the milk reduces and thickens. The colour of the milk will turn cream colour. As it cools down, the rabri will thicken, so switch off accordingly. Keep aside.
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To prepare malpua
- In a mixing bowl, add flour, sugar, fennel powder(optional), cardamom powder, salt and saffron, cooking soda if desired and mix well. Add water to form a medium thick batter.
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- Heat little oil or ghee to shallow fry, in a non stick pan. Add a big spoon full off batter in hot oil. Cook over medium flame. Splash over the hot oil over the malpuas as it gets cooked. Flip and cook until golden.
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- Repeat to finish the batter.
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Notes
- Rabri should be prepared in medium or low flame. Take care not to put the flame high and make the milk get stuck and burnt at the bottom of the vessel.
- Nuts and sugar should be added less as mentioned , as it gets thickened later.
- I skipped both saffron and cooking soda in my malpua. Cooking soda, should be added very less, do not add more.
- Malpua too should be cooked in medium flame and heat should be constantly regulated accordingly.
Serve the malpuas hot. Crispy malpuas with rich rabri tastes great
