Churma Recipe | Rajashtani Churma Recipe
Churma is a famous Rajasthani Sweet dish which is served with Dal Baati.
Ingredients
- 250 g Wheat flour
- 3 tablespoon Malai or ghee
- 2 tablespoon Ghee
- 1 pinch Salt
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric
- 125 g Sugar powder
- 1 teaspoon Almond, chopped
- 1 teaspoon Pista, chopped
- 1 teaspoon Cardamom powder
- 1 teaspoon Mishri tukda
- 10-11 pieces Kesar leaves
- 1 tablespoon Milk
Instructions
Initial Preparation
- Soak kesar leaves in milk.Add salt, turmeric powder, and ghee or malai in wheat flour and mix it properly.
- Pour sufficient water into the mixture to make the tight dough and rest aside for 15-20 minutes.Knead the above mixture very well.
- Make small round balls the size of a lemon.Now make a small sign in the center of the batis using your thumb.
- You can also make an ‘X’ or ‘+’ sign with the help of a knife or using the rear side of a spoon as shown in the next step.
- Due to this, balls will get cooked well and evenly from the inside.
Method 1 - Appe Pan
- Place appe pan on gas on a low flame and pour a few drops of ghee in each mould.Place the rolled ball in each mould of the appe pan.
- Apply a few drops of ghee over the balls so that they are cooked properly and become crispy.
- Cover the pan and cook on low flame for 5-7 minutes.Rotate the balls on every side and cook till its color becomes golden brown.
- Continuously cook on low flame.After it balls become a golden brown turn off the gas. Now let the balls cool down.
- Crush balls with hands and pour in a grinder and get a smooth powder mixture.
- Pour 2 tablespoon ghee in kadai and mix the powder mixture and saute on low flame for 3-4 minutes.
- Take a large bowl and pour the above powder mixture into it. You may add more melted ghee if you wish.
- You may add more melted ghee if you wish. Mesh Kesar leaves in milk before adding it to churma.
- Add powdered sugar, mishri tukda, kesar milk, cardamom powder, and dry fruits in it.Garnish with a small number of dry fruits and serve with dal bati.
Method 2 - Deep fry
- Divide the dough in the desired shape into your fist.Pour oil or ghee into a pan and place it on medium flame.
- Fry the dough pieces till golden brown on low flame.Crush the pieces with hands and pour in a grinder and get a smooth powder mixture (churma).
- Take a large bowl and pour the above powder mixture into it.You may add more melted ghee if you wish.
- Mesh Kesar leaves in milk before adding it to churma.Add powdered sugar, mishri tukda, kesar milk, cardamom powder and dry fruits in it.
- Garnish with a small number of dry fruits and serve with dal baati.