Ingredients:

• 4.25 cups – plain flour
• 3/4 cup – Rice flour
• 1.5 cups – Sugar ground
• 3/4 cup – Ghee
• 2-3 pinches salt
• Ghee for deep frying

Method:

1. Sieve together plain flour and salt.
2. Add in the measured ghee and mix till crumbly.
3. Add cold water and knead into a pliable dough.
4. Cover with a moist cloth, dividing into 20 parts.
5. Make a cream by beating together rice flour and 3 tbsps of ghee.
6. Roll each part into a wafer thin round.
7. Brush with creamed flour, place another round on top.
8. Repeat procedure for 5-6 layers.
9. Roll tightly into a round cylinder.
10. Cut 1 thick slices, roll lightly to a thick round.
11. Repeat for all dough
12. Heat ghee in heavy pan and fry rounds till golden on slow-medium heat.
13. The layers of chirote should show when they open a bit on frying.
14. Only then will they be crisp.
15. Allow to cool a little, sprinkle powdered sugar over it, cool completely,
16. Store in airtight container after cooling completely.,
17. Serve this favorite diwali sweet, as desired.

Recipe courtesy of Sify Bawarchi