MALPUA

Ingredients
Milk 1½ litres
Mawa/khoya, grated 50 grams
Refined flour (maida) 2 tablespoons
Green cardamom powder ½ teaspoon
Ghee to deep fry
For the sugar syrup
Sugar 2 cups
Saffron a few strands
For garnishing
Pistachios, halved 15-20
Cashewnuts, halved 7-8

Method
Boil milk in a heavy-bottomed pan. Reduce heat and simmer till it is reduced and reaches a coating consistency. Add grated mawa and mix well. Bring it to room temperature.
Reserve two tablespoons of sugar and form one-string sugar syrup with the rest of the sugar and two cups of water.
Dissolve saffron in a teaspoon of hot milk. Add it to the sugar syrup.
Add refined flour, green cardamom powder and the reserved sugar to the reduced milk. Mix well and make a batter of pouring consistency using a little milk if required.
Heat sufficient ghee in a wide mouthed flat-bottomed kadai. Pour a ladle full of batter to form a pancake. Cook on slow to medium heat.
Turn it over when it starts to colour slightly. When both sides are done, drain and immerse in the sugar syrup. Similarly prepare more malpuas with the remaining batter.
Garnish with pistachios and cashewnuts and serve hot. You can serve hot Malpuas with chilled Rabdi as well.