Badam Poori Paaka Poori Sweet Recipes

BADAM POORI | PAAKA POORI | SWEET RECIPES

Steps:

• In a pan, add sugar and pour enough water to just cover the sugar
• Let the sugar melt and come to a boil
• Add powdered elaichi and a drop of pure almond extract
• Sugar syrup is ready when you get a 1 string consistency, add few strands of kesar/saffron keep aside
• In a small bowl, take maida, rice flour
• Add almond powder and mix well
• Next add 2 Tsp ghee, pure almond extract
• Mix the ghee into the dry ingredients until it is well incorporated
• Add little water, 1-2 Tbsp, start mixing
• Lightly knead into a soft dough, do not over-knead
• Grease with some ghee and set it aside for 5 minutes. Meanwhile heat oil for frying badam poori
• Pinch half the dough, lightly pat on a oiled surface
• Roll into a thin chapathi
• Using a 2 inch cookie or biscuit cutter, cut out rounds
• Repeat till the rolled out chapathi has been completely used
• The pooris should be quite thin
• Now to make the layers, fold each round into semi-circle and then into a triangle
• Repeat till the dough is used up
• When the oil is heated up, on low flame, drop few layered pooris
• Fry till crisp and golden
• Dunk the fried pooris in sugar syrup for a 2-3 minutes
• Remove onto serving plate. Enjoy!