Ingredients:
All Purpose Flour(Maida) - 2 cups
Milk- 3 cups
Salt - 1/2 teaspoon
Ghee - 1/4 cup melted
Extra ghee or oil for greasing
For Sugar Syrup:
Water - 3 cups
Sugar - 2 cups
Green Cardamon - 2 pieces
Cinnamon - 2 pieces
Oil for deep fry
Instructions
Process:
Melt ghee in a another small bowl and keep aside.
Making Sugar syrup:
Make sugar syrup with sugar, water, cardamon and cinnamon. Just boil for 2- 3 minutes.
Remove from heat , transfer to big bowl and let it into room temperature. Keep aside.and cinnamon. Just boil for 2- 3 minutes.
Dough Preparation:
Boil milk and salt on medium high heat. Add flour and cook on medium heat for 4-5 minutes or until soft and tender.
Once cooked remove from heat. Transfer to a big flat tray. Cover and let it to room temperature.
Once cool then knead, keep kneading and mix ghee a little by little. Knead for 15-16 minutes or until to make a smooth, soft and pliable dough.
Divide the dough into 10-15 portions. Make round shape ball. Then turn into your desired shape. You can use cookie cutter, or any kind of dices, needle, toothpick or knife for design. (Grease your dice with ghee or oil before use.)
Make all pithas and now ready for fry.
Frying Method:
Heat enough oil in a flat deep fry pan on low heat. Fry 6 or 7 pieces of pitha at a time on low heat until deep golden brown.
It takes 7-8 minutes every batch. Fry all pithas and let it a little bit cool. Then soak it into sugar syrup for over night.
After soaking for over night, they will appear soft, heavy and double in size pitha.
You can serve cool or warm into oven . Transfer to a serving plate, pour some sugar syrup over them and garnish with cashews. Finally, serve soft and juicy pakon pitha.
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