Chandrakala & Suryakala

INGREDIENTS

For the filling
Sugarless Kova  - 250 gms
Powdered sugar      1/2 cup
Cardamom powder   ¼ tsp

Cashew pieces – 4 tbsp (finely chopped)

Almonds – 4 tbsp (finely chopped)

Saffron – a few strings

Dates – 2 tsp (chopped)

Raisins – 2 tsp

FOR THE DOUGH

Maida                1 1/2 cup

Baking powder – a pinch
Ghee                   1tbsp
Salt                    a pinch
Oil                   for deep frying

To make Syrup

Sugar          1  cup
Water          1/4 cup

Method
 for The Filling.

• Heat a pan and add kova and fry for some time till it changes to light golden color.
•  Let it cool completely

• Add chopped nuts and dry fruits and cardamom to it. Now the filling is ready

For the dough

• Sieve the flour with baking powder and salt
• Mix ghee to this to form bread crumb like texture
• Add water and knead like a chapathi dough.
• Let it rest for 1 hour
  
  
  
  For the sugar syrup
• Heat sugar and water in a pan. Once it reaches 2 string consistency, switch off the fire and keep aside.
  
  
  Method:
• Take a two lemon sized dough and make like small size puri.
• Keep 1 tbsp of stuffing in the center of 1 circle and close it with another one.
  Seal edges with little water
• Twist corners gently to make like the one in the picture
• Deep fry in hot oil till it becomes golden brown in color.
• Dip it in hot sugar syrup and arrange on a tray with some some nuts on top
  
  

• For suryakala ,  roll the dough into small puri and place the filling in the center. Now seal the edges of the circle by making like a half circle and decorate the edges as you wish.