Halwai November 1, 2023

Ingredients:

• 1 kg – Refined flour or Maida
• 6 – eggs beaten well
• 2 cups – Thick Coconut Milk
• 1/2 tsp – Salt
• 300 g – Sugar
• 1 tsp – Baking powder
• Oil for Deep Frying .

Method:

  1. Combine the flour, salt, sugar and baking powder.
  2. Now add the coconut milk and eggs and knead into a soft dough.
  3. Keep aside for an hour.
  4. Form kalkals by taking small lumps of the dough.
  5. Roll them on the back of a fork or a wooden kalkal mould, to form a scroll.
  6. Alternately, roll out the dough and cut into fancy shapes with kalkal or cookie cutters.
  7. Now heat oil in a deep pan and fry as many kalkals as possible at a time.
  8. Keep aside.
  9. To ice the kalkals, melt 1 cup of sugar with 1/2 cup of water.
  10. When the sugar syrup crystallizes pour over the kalkalas.
  11. Mix well.
  12. Store in airtight boxes when cold.
  13. Recipe Courtesy: Anglo-Indian Recipes

Recipe courtesy of Bridget White