MALAI MWEA PAALPUDA

INGREDIENTS

1 cup wheat flour

200 ml + ½ cup fresh cream/ malai

½ cup sugar

½ cup honey

2 tbsp walnuts, lightly roasted and crushed

2 tbsp raisins, chopped

METHOD:

Dissolve sugar in water and set it aside. To prepare the batter for maalpuda ( pancake), take wheat flour in a bowl, add saunf powder, whole saunf and sugar water, making a runny batter. Add more sugar water if required as the batter should be of pouring consistency.

For the sauce, heat cream in a pan on low flame. Add three tablespoons honey. Bring it to boil. Increase the quantity of honey if you like more sweet. Let it be on simmer till the

2 tbsp cashew nuts, lightly roasted and crushed

2 tbsp almonds, blanched and peeled 1 tsp saunf, slightly roasted and coarsely crushed

½ tsp whole saunf

Chopped and shredded almonds for garnishing.

Oil for shallow frying sauce thickens. Once done, remove it from flame and let it cool.

Heat a pan, put little oil and pour the wheat flour batter and make a 9* 10 inches broad medium thin maalpuda.

Cook it on both sides. Once done, remove it on a serving plate. Apply cream sauce on entire maalpuda, spread all the dry fruits on the half part of maalpuda and fold the remaining part of maalpuda giving the dish a ‘ D’ shape.

Apply a layer of malai on top and garnish with chopped almonds.