Malpua Recipe – Fried Indian Dessert

Name: Malpua Recipe - Fried Indian Dessert
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 6 Pieces (Each 3 Inch in Diameter)
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 100 Gms Khoya (Mawa); 1 Cup All Purpose Flour (Maida); 1 Cup Warm Water (or enough for making dough); 1 Pinch Baking Powder; 1/2 Tsp Fennel Seeds (Saunf) (Saunf); 2 Cup Oil (or enough for frying); 3/2 Cup Sugar Syrup (Chashni - enough to completely submerge Malpua)

By Maahi Gupta, 2 Mar, 18 veg Easy 0 Recipe

Bengali Malpua is a fried pancake dipped in Chashni, served with rabdi. Fluffy inner part with crisp edges. Tried and tested recipe with video and images.

5 min Prep

10 min Cook

Yield 6 Pieces (Each 3 Inch in Diameter)

Malpua is primarily a Bengali cuisine dessert. You literally fry a pancake and sip in Sugar Syrup (Chashni) to make it sweet.

Malpua with Rabdi is just another combination where you top up the pancake with milky Rabdi. It is an optional addition though.

This recipe makes soft and fluffy pancakes with crisp outer edges.

We have not included Rabdi and Chashni recipe here. Chashni recipe is available separately on our catalog and the link has been shared later in the article.

The video is pretty old but the recipe is tried and tested. The images in this article have been updated and we clicked them while we were re-trying the same recipe. Hence, do not worry and follow the steps as listed here or shown in the video.

By the way, do let us know how the new pictures look, in the comments.

Ingredients

100 gms khoya Mawa 1 cup All Purpose Flour Maida 1 cup Warm Water or enough for making dough 1 pinch Baking Powder 1/2 tsp Fennel Seeds (Saunf) Saunf 2 cup oil or enough for frying 3/2 cup Sugar Syrup Chashni - enough to completely submerge Malpua

Nutrition Facts

Malpua Recipe - Fried Indian Dessert

Amount Per Serving

Calories 985 Calories from Fat 729

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 81g 125%

Saturated Fat 12g 60%

Polyunsaturated Fat 8g

Monounsaturated Fat 58g

Cholesterol 6mg 2%

Sodium 44mg 2%

Potassium 7mg 0%

Total Carbohydrates 61g 20%

Dietary Fiber 1g 4%

Sugars 33g

Protein 6g 12%

Vitamin A 1%

Vitamin C 0.1%

Calcium 7%

Iron 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Instructions

Preparing Malpua Paste

Start with finely grating the Khoya.
Grate khoa for Malpua
Once done, add All Purpose flour (Maida), Fennel seeds (Saunf) and Baking powder. Mix well.
Mix maida, saunf, water to make Malpua paste
Add warm water gradually to make a smooth paste. Do not add all water at one go. Mix well.
The consistency of the paste should be thick enough that it can be dropped too. It took us 1+1/2 cup of warm water to reach this consistency. You can watch the video for a better idea about the consistence that we are talking about.
Dropping consistency for malpua paste
Mix the paste well for 5 minute. This will help in making soft Malpua.

Preparing Sugar Syrup (Chashni)

We should prepare the Sugar Syrup at this time. You can watch/read the recipe of Chashni here. Please note that we need a 1 string consistent Sugar syrup here.
Check 1-string consistency for Sugar syrup

Frying the Malpua

Take a frying pan (Flat base and about 1 inch depth). Add a thin layer of Oil. Heat it on high flame.
Once Oil is hot (It will take about 2 minutes), pour a tablespoon full of Malpua paste in pan. Turn the flame on low.
Shallow frying Malpua
Don't try to make a shape. It will take a round shape on its own.
Pour Oil on top of Malpua using Spatula.
Flip it when it gets golden brown from one side.
Take out the Malpua when it gets golden brown from both sides.
Now dip all Malpua in hot sugar syrup (Chashni) for 2 minute. Let it absorb the Sugar.
Dipping malpua in chashni
Hot Malpua's are ready to serve. Enjoy!

Malpua – an Indian dessert — Malpua - an Indian dessert

Storage and Serving Suggestions

Garnish Malpua with Pistachio pieces before serving. Note that Pista should not be salted.
Malpua is also served with Rabdi on top.
Maplua tastes best if served right after preparation. But, you can keep preserve it in refrigerator for 4-5 days easily.
If you have refrigeration Malpua, then use the Microwave to re-heat before serving.
If you refrigerate, then there is a good possibility that the Sugar syrup chashni will solidify too. It may or may not taste well if you plan to melt it again using microwave heating. So, it is advisable to re-heat using the stove.While you use stove, make sure that you have enough chashni in the heating pan to avoid Malpua’s burning.

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