Tuesday, 21 August 2012

Gevar(sweet dish)

Ingredients;

For the batter:

500 gms maida(self-raising flour),
100 gms chana atta,
100 gms dahi,
100 ml water,
1tbsp arrow rt powder,
oil or ghee for frying.

Ingredients for the syrup:
500 gms sugar,
200 ml water,
1tsp of lime juice,
a few drops of gulab jal(rose water),
1 pinch of kesar,(soaked in 1tbsp milk)
1tsp cardamom powder
,splitted badam pista.

Method:

Beat the curds in a bowl,mix both the flours and the arrow powder, adding water to form a thick batter.Cover it well with a heavy lid and leave it for fermentation for at least 20 hrs. prepare the syrup in a flat bottomed kadai,mix the sugar and water and bring it to a boil of two taar(wires) consistency,add the lime juice,gulab jal,kesar. keep aside. now to fry the gevars,take a flat bottomed kadai(or a frying pan)heat oil (ghee) beat the batter well,now take a clean muslin cloth make a small whole in the centre,add enough batter,fold it well so that u can hold firmly in your hands. checking the heated oil(ghee)pour this batter in formation of small circles to give the shape of a gevar.Fry both sides till crisp but not brown. drain and soak it in the prepared syrup,let it soak ,remove and keep aside,sprinkle the splitted badam,pista,cardamom powder and little kesar. same way u frying all the gevar one by one till all done. Serve hot or cold. You can add yellow food colour for the batter,if prefered. the bottle with a tiny whole whole is available in the market to pour the batter,also u can take the half of coconut shell make a whole and drop the batter.this makes your job easy.

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