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Ghevar Sweet Recipe | Simple & Malai Ghewar without Mold

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Make the delicious Rajasthani sweet dish - Ghevar in two variants - simple dry fruit Ghewar & Malai Ghewar, without a Mold.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

For Sugar Syrup

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/4 tsp saffron strands
  • 1/4 tsp crushed cardamom

For Batter

  • 2 tbsp Desi ghee
  • 4-5 Ice cubes
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp gram flour
  • 2 cups chilled water
  • 1 tsp lemon juice

For Frying and Garnish

  • 3 cups Deși ghee
  • Laccha Rabri
  • Chopped Almonds Pistachios, & Silver Vark, Rose Petals

Instructions
 

  • To make Ghevar at home, take a saucepan, add 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water to make a sugar syrup for the sweet. Let the sugar melt properly on a low flame. Keep stirring.
  • Once the sugar melts completely, add 1/4 tsp of saffron strands(10-15) to the pan. Also, add 1/4 tsp crushed cardamom to the pan and cook for 7-8 minutes on medium flame. Our perfect sugar syrup is ready now.
  • Add 2 tbsp of Desi ghee(in liquid form) in a large bowl, and 4-5 ice cubes in it.
  • Now, beat the mixture in a circular motion.
  • The mixture will get a butter-like consistency.
  • Now, add 1 cup all-purpose flour and 1 tbsp gram flour. Mix well with the mixture.
  • Add 1 cup of chilled water. Mix using a hand whisker, then add 1 cup of chilled water again, and whisk to remove any lumps. Finally, add 1 tsp of lemon juice and mix well.
  • Sieve the mixture, and remove any lumps.
  • Now, we will mix the mixture again to make sure that there are no lumps in it. Here, the mixture is finally ready, and there are no lumps.
  • Fill the batter in a sauce bottle.
  • Heat 3 cup deși ghee în a pot. Pour the batter in ghee little by little to make ghevar.
  • We don’t have to put all the batter at once. Pour little by little, make a hole in between by spinning the spoon’s end.
  • The Ghevar will be cooked and get the perfect Jaali-like shape.
  • Make the other Ghevar in the same way. You can see how easy it is to make Ghevar without a Mold.
  • Pour sugar syrup on the Ghevar.
  • Garnish with chopped almonds & Pistachios, silver vark, and rose petals.
  • For the simple Ghevar, we will pour more sugar syrup on it compared to Malai Guevara, and garnish with chopped almonds, pistachios, and silver bark.
  • Enjoy the delicious Rajasthani Ghevar at home.

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