Mini Kaja (South Indian-Sweet)!!

Yesterday (5th April, 09) I was kind of feeling nostalgic, its been 2 yrs since I saw my parents?.i just wish I had wings so that I can fly to India, visit my mom-dad and fly back to my husband. Anyways the point is, when I?m depressed I feel like eating more and I don?t really care what time of the day it is!! These kind of mood swings r sometimes good for me bcoz i end up trying new things and I made these MINI KAJAS for the first time yesterday.

PS: I started making this recipe at around 11:30PM in the night, soo intense was my depression :). And I was very happy with the final-product, not at all bad for a first timer I guess:)).

I?m aware most of u know this recipe, but cannot stop myself from sharing MY VERSION too!

Preparation time: 15Minutes
Cooking time : 30Minutes

You will Need: (this recipe will make 15 Mini-Kajas)

All purpose flour-1 cup
Baking powder-1/4tsp
Sugar-1 cup
Water-1/2 cup (or lil less)
Oil - 3 cups (for deep frying)
Rice flour-3 tsps
Crisco Shortening-2tbsp
Ghee-2tbsp (for mixing)
Water-3/4 cup (for syrup)

Directions:

Make a dough (as for chapatti) from all purpose flour, baking powder, water & Crisco shortening.

Spread the rice flour & ghee mixture over it.

Heat oil on medium heat & deep-fry them slowly to golden brown.

Remove & put them into sugar syrup, let soak for at least 20minutes.

Your super hot delicious MINI KAJAS are ready to eat.........!

For those of you who do not know, Kaja is a famous sweet from South-India (Andhra Pradesh). It is similar to Badusha (yet another Indian sweet) except this involves little extra rolling and folding. Hope you liked the making of this dish. Do let me know whether you find this post interesting!