Rajasthani Ghever Recipe

Ingredients:

3 cups Plain Flour
1 cup Ghee
3-4 icecubes
4 cups water
1/2 cup Milk
1/4 tsp Yellow Colour
1 kg Ghee

Syrup:

1 1/2 cups Sugar
1 cup Water

Topping:

1 tsp Cardamom Powder
1 tbsp Almonds chopped
1 tbsp Pistachios
1 tbsp Milk
1/2 tsp Saffron dissolved in milk
Silver foil

Preparation:

• Prepare sugar syrup of 1 thread consistency and keep aside.
  
• In a large bowl put ghee.
  
• Add milk, flour and 1 cup water. Mix together to make a smooth batter.
  
• Dissolve colour in some water and add to batter. Add more water as required.
  
• Batter should be of running consistency.
  
• Take an aluminium or steel cylindrical container.
  
• The height should be at least 12". And diameter 5-6".
  
• Fill half with ghee. Heat.
  
• When ghee is hot, take a 50 ml, glassful of batter.
  
• Pour in centre of ghee, slowly in one continuous threadlike stream.
  
• Allow foam to settle. Pour one more glassful in hole formed in centre.
  
• When foam settles again, loosen ghevar with an iron skewer inserted in hole.
  
• Place on a mesh to drain excessive oil.
  
• Keep sugar syrup in a wide flat bottomed container to fit in ghevar.
  
• Dip ghevar in it, and remove, keep aside on mesh to drain excess syrup .
  
• Cool a little, top with silver foil.
  
• Splash a few drops of saffron milk, sprinkle some chopped dryfruit and a few pinches ofcardamom powder.
  
• Ghevar is ready to be served.