Malpua

Malpua

Malpua is a type of a Indian sweer dish, very similar to pancakes. It is prepard from a batter of flour, milk and cardamom and then soaked in sugar syrup. These pancakes are usually fried till they are crisp and soaked in the syrup. It is usually served with another sweet dish called Rabri.




Ingredients

  • Plain flour- 1 cup Maida
  • Saunf/ Fennel powder- 1/4 tsp (optional)
  • Cardamom powder- 1/2 tsp
  • Salt- pinch
  • Sugar- 1 tbsp
  • Milk - 2 cups
  • Ghee/ clarified butter or oil for frying- 1/2 cup

Sugar syrup
  • Sugar - 3/4 cup
  • Water 1/3 cup
  • Cardamom- 1/4 tsp
Garnishing (optional)
  • Rabri
  • Almond
  • Pistachios 

Method
  • Bring milk to a boil and simmer till it reduced to 1 1/2 cups. Turn off flame and allow to cool to luke warm temperature.
  • In a bowl, add cardamom powder, sugar, salt and half of the boiled milk. Add half of the flour and mix it well till there are no lumps.
  • Add the remaining flour and mix well. Slowly add the milk till it forms a smooth flowing batter . Keep mixing for 3-4 minutes and set aside till you make the sugar syrup.
  • To prepare the sugar syrup, add sugar in a stainless steel vessel and allow the sugar to melt. Simmer the sugar syrup for 10-12 minutes on low flame. Add cardamom powder and turn of heat. Set aside.
  • Heat Ghee or oil in a pan on low medium flame for 3- 4 minutes.Pour a ladle full of batter in the center of the pan without spreading it. The batter will spread on its own. Do not touch the pancake till it is golden brown along the edges. 
  • Flip it over and cook on medium flame till it is golden brown. Use a slotted spoon to drain the malpua and place it in the sugar syrup immediately. Fully immerse the Malpua in the syrup and let it sit for half a minute. Remove with a slotted spoon such that the sugar syrup drains off the Malpua and then place it on the serving plate.
  • At the time of serving, place Malpua on a serving plate. Spoon some rabri on top of the malpua ( optional) and garnish with chopped pistachios and almond slivers.


 Tips

  • If more milk is required to make the malpua batter, do add more.Add milk as required for a flowing batter.
  • If the batter has become too thinm add a few tbsp of flour to thicken it.
  • Use and old ketchup bottle to pour the batter in the pan. The batter can be filled in a plastic ketchup bottle and used to put the batter on a non- stick pan to make it uniformly round.













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