Maalpua Recipe (Traditional Indian Festival Sweet)
Maalpua is a classic Indian festive dessert made with flour, semolina, milk, and khoya, deep-fried until golden and soaked in fragrant sugar syrup. Soft inside, crisp outside, and rich in flavor, this traditional sweet is perfect for festivals like Holi, Diwali, and Navratri.
- Time: 65 min
- Servings: 11
Source: Indian Foods
Ingredients
- For the Batter
- all-purpose flour )
- semolina
- khoya , crumbled)
- milk )
- ripe banana )
- sugar
- fennel seeds , lightly crushed)
- cardamom powder
- A small pinch of baking soda
- For Sugar Syrup
- water
- cardamom pods )
- A few saffron strands )
- rose water or kewra water
- For Frying
- Ghee or oil )