Malpua is a pancake served as a dessert or a snack originating from the Indian subcontinent, popular in India and Bangladesh It is a very popular dish of Odisha and is also served to Lord Jagannath of Puri in his Sakala Dhupa. We can also say, Malpuas are Indian version of pancake topped with reduced flavored milk known as rabdi… Malpua is a mouth watering classic Indian dessert made for festive occasions.
Malpua Recipe | How to make Malpua Rabdi
Preparation and Yield:
Preparation time
15 mins
Cooking Time
40 mins
Servings
15
Recipe Category
Sweet
Recipe Cuisine
North Indian
Malpua Recipe | How to make Malpua Rabdi
Ingredients for Rabdi:
Milk
1/2 Litre
Saffron Strands
Few
Sugar
1/4 Cup
Nuts (Almonds, Pistachions)
1 Tablespoon
For Malpua Batter:
Milk
2 Cups
Khoya
1/2 Cup
Maida
1 Cup
Saffron Strands
Few
Sugar
2 Tablespoon
Cardamom Powder
1/4 teaspoon
Fennel powder
1/4 teaspoon
Salt
a Pinch
For Sugar Syrup
Sugar
3/4 Cup
Water
1/3 Cup
Other Ingredients
Ghee
1 Cup (for Deep Frying)
Malpua Recipe | How to make Malpua Rabdi
Method for Rabdi:
First lets prepare Rabdi. Heat a pan and add milk. Keep stirring the milk in high flame till it starts boiling. Once the milk starts boiling, keep the flame medium and stir occasionally till the milk reduces to 1/2 of the quantity. Soak the saffron threads in a tablespoon of milk and keep it aside.
Keep the flame low and add the sugar, saffron milk and stir well. Add chopped almonds and pistachios and remove the rabri from flame. Do not make the rabri very thick. Now our rabri is ready
Method for making Malpua Batter:
First in a sauce pan, add 2 cups of milk. Bring the milk to boil. Keep the flame in medium and boil the milk till it reduces to 1.5 cups of milk. Switch off the flame. Add saffron strands and set this milk aside. We need warm milk. So let this milk cool down for sometime
This milk is used to make the Malpua batter. We can also use warm water in place of this boiled and warm milk. But milk would add more taste to the Malpua compared to water. But since we are already preparing rabdi, this might be little complicating but believe me this boiled milk adds a nice flavor to the fried malpua
In a mixing bowl, take khoya, add half of the boiled and warm milk and mix thoroughly without any lumps
Next, add cardamom powder, fennel powder, sugar and salt and stir well
Add 1/2 cup of maida to the khoya mixture and add milk little by little and stir well
Once blended, add another cup of maida and pour the remaining milk and stir nicely till we get batter like bajji batter consistency. If the milk is not enough, we can adjust with warm water
Set the Malpua batter aside till the sugar syrup is ready
Malpua Recipe | How to make Malpua Rabdi
Method for making Sugar Syrup:
In a sauce pan, add water and sugar and bring it to boil and allow the sugar to melt completely
Then keep the flame in low and allow the sugar syrup to boil for 10-15mins.
Sugar syrup ready!
Method for making Malpua:
In a heavy bottomed pan, add ghee and keep the flame in medium
When the ghee is hot enough, take a small ladle full of batter or 1/2 of big ladle and pour in the oil
Do not touch the malpua in the ghee till it starts to raise by itself. When the Malpua patti starts to raise, gently flip it to other side.
Deep fry the Malpuas’ till golden brown on both the sides
Take out the fried Malpua and put it in the sugar syrup. Let it soak in sugar syrup for 1/2 minute and then flip it and let it sit for another 1/2 minute
Take out these sugar syrup dipped Malpua and place it in serving tray
Serve the delicious Malpua with rabdi on top and enjoy the rich and scrumptious Malpua!
Nice recipe, simple and sweet. Malpua can be made in so many ways. And i am sure to make this recipe. Looking forwards for recipes in future.