Chiroti is a traditional & very popular Karnataka sweet that is prepared on special occasions and religious festivals.... usually made from plain flour. Diwali is a festival of light, festivity & joy, which is celebrated all over India with enthusiasm. Try this simple chiroti recipe which would be a great treat for your family, friends & loved ones ... especially during Diwali get-togethers or any religious festivals. These Chirotis are crispy & delicious, delicately layered sweet puri which are flaky and crispy dipped in sugary syrup and topped with lots of chopped nuts and sprinkled with a generous amount of cardamom powder. They are known as Chirote in Maharashtrian cuisine. They are known as Pheni in Nalgonda .... prepared from chiroti rava and are sprinkled with powdered sugar and dunked or served with sweetened milk flavoured with ground saffron, cardamom and almonds. Even in Karnataka, sometimes plain Chirotis are made and served with sweetened milk.
Ingredients :
1 cup/ 150 gms maida/ plain flour
2 tblsp ghee
1/4 tsp salt
water for kneading the dough
oil for frying
For flour and ghee paste :
1 tblsp rice flour
1 tblsp plain flour
2 tblsp nicely whisked/ melted ghee
For sugar syrup :
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup water
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
3-4 tblsp chopped almonds, pistachios and cashews for garnishing
Method :
1. In a wide bowl mix maida, ghee & salt and knead it to a firm and smooth dough, similar to that of a puri. Cover and set aside for 10-15 minutes.
2. For preparing the sugar syrup, add sugar & water in a vessel and allow to boil. Keep checking as you need a one string consistency. Add cardamom powder and turn off the heat.
3. In a small bowl mix the rice flour, maida and ghee well and keep aside as we need it to smear in between the layers of roti.
4. Make 6 lemon sized balls from the dough. Roll each into thin rotis.
5. Take the first roti, smear the paste all over the roti and dust some plain flour over it. Again repeat the process by placing another roti and later same way with the third roti. Now gently roll the pilled rotis into a log and later cut into half inch thick circles (pinwheels)
6. Make another log following the same procedure.
7. Heat oil in a kadai and later reduce the heat to medium. Lightly press the pinwheels and flatten them to form a disc.
8. Deep fry the chiroti until they turn light golden and crisp flipping them gently to cook all over. Remove onto an absorbant paper.
9. Immediately dip them into the prepared warm sugar syrup. Remove them into the serving plate and garnish with chopped nuts and rose petals.
10.To give a more festive mood to the Chiroti you may deep fry them in ghee instead of oil.
1 cup/ 150 gms maida/ plain flour
2 tblsp ghee
1/4 tsp salt
water for kneading the dough
oil for frying
For flour and ghee paste :
1 tblsp rice flour
1 tblsp plain flour
2 tblsp nicely whisked/ melted ghee
For sugar syrup :
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup water
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
3-4 tblsp chopped almonds, pistachios and cashews for garnishing
Method :
1. In a wide bowl mix maida, ghee & salt and knead it to a firm and smooth dough, similar to that of a puri. Cover and set aside for 10-15 minutes.
2. For preparing the sugar syrup, add sugar & water in a vessel and allow to boil. Keep checking as you need a one string consistency. Add cardamom powder and turn off the heat.
3. In a small bowl mix the rice flour, maida and ghee well and keep aside as we need it to smear in between the layers of roti.
4. Make 6 lemon sized balls from the dough. Roll each into thin rotis.
5. Take the first roti, smear the paste all over the roti and dust some plain flour over it. Again repeat the process by placing another roti and later same way with the third roti. Now gently roll the pilled rotis into a log and later cut into half inch thick circles (pinwheels)
6. Make another log following the same procedure.
7. Heat oil in a kadai and later reduce the heat to medium. Lightly press the pinwheels and flatten them to form a disc.
8. Deep fry the chiroti until they turn light golden and crisp flipping them gently to cook all over. Remove onto an absorbant paper.
9. Immediately dip them into the prepared warm sugar syrup. Remove them into the serving plate and garnish with chopped nuts and rose petals.
10.To give a more festive mood to the Chiroti you may deep fry them in ghee instead of oil.
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