Gokul Pithe

Ingredients:

Refined flour -1cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Khoya - 1 cup
Fresh desiccated coconut - 2 cups
Jaggery - 1 cup
Cardamon powder - 1/2 tsp
Saffron - 1 pinch
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Water
Oil for frying

Recipe:

 

1. Heat one tbsp of ghee in a pan. Add freshly grated coconut, jaggery and khoya in it. Also add cardamon powder and saffron to it. Saute it well for 5 minutes.

2. As shown in below picture, make a paste of refined flour and water in a bowl.
3. Heat some oil for deep frying in a pan.
4. In another pan add sugar, water and make a 2 thread consistency sugar syrup.
5. Make small shape 'Pithes' as shown in picture.
6. Cover these Pithes with refined flour batter and add it in oil for deep frying.

7. Once Pithes are golden brown, remove them from oil and add it in sugar syrup for10 minutes.
8. Garnish Gokul Pithes with sliced almonds and pistachios. Gokul Pithes are ready to eat.

Tilgul poli (Seaseme seeds and jaggery flat bread)

Ingredients : 

Refined flour - 1 cup
Wheat flour - 1/2 cup
Cheakpea flour - 4 tblsps
Rice flour - 2 tblsps
Seaseme seeds - 1 cup
Dry grated coconut - 1/2 cup
Jaggery - 1 cup
Ghee - 4 tblsps
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
Nutmeg powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt a pinch

Recipe:

1. Sieve refined flour,  wheat flour and cheakpea flour together.  Heat 2 tblsps of ghee and add it into this flour mixture. Mix well and a make a soft dough with the use of some water. Cover it and let it rest for some time.
2. Dry roast the seasme seeds and grated coconut separately. Add 2 tblsps ghee in a pan and roast 2 tblsps of cheakpea flour in it.
3. Mix these roasted seaseme seeds, coconut, cheakpea flour, jaggery, cardamom powder, nutmeg powder and a pinch of salt. Grind it once in a mixer. Stuffing is ready.
4. Take a small size ball from a dough. Fill it with the stuffing and close it. Roll a medium size poli (flat bread) from it. To prevent the sticking of poli (flat bread), apply some rice flour on it while rolling.
5. On a heated pan dry roast these polis (flat breads). Once they are done from both sides, remove them on a plate and apply some ghee on it.
6. You can serve these polis (flat breads) with ghee or milk. In the picture, I have served it with ghee and in the glass its served with vanilla icecream.

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