Magaj is a delicious sweet from Gujrat. It is prepared from Chickpea flour or besan with khoya (indian sweet cheese) and sugar. It is prepared on festive occassions and is tasty.Ingredients:
500 gm Chick pea flour
50 gm Khoya
250 gm Sugar
2 tsp Green cardamom powder
10 Pistachios, blanched
10 Almonds, peeled and blanched
250 gm Ghee.
Method:
- Combine the chick pea flour with 1/2 of the ghee and sift it through a sieve.
- In a wok or kadai, heat the remaining ghee and the sifted besan.
- Fry until the besan is golden but not brown and the raw odour of the besan is gone.
- Add the khoya to this and stir on low flame, set aside.
- Make sugar syrup of one thread consistency and add this syrup and cardamom powder to the fried besan, mix properly.
- Pour this mixture on a plate that has been greased with oil.
- Decorate it with blanched pistachios and almonds.
- Cut Magaj into diamond shapes.
- Let it cool.
Making Time: 45 minutes.
Serves: makes 20- 24 pieces
Shelflife: 1 week.
Note: Store magaj in a air tight container to longer shelflife. While frying the Besan in ghee, keep stirring continuously to avoid browning of it.
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