Maal Pua

Preparation Time: 2hrs.
Cooking time : 30 minutes
Serves : 8-10

Ingredients :

• 250 gms -maida(flour)
• 250 gms -sugar
• 1/2 cup -milk
• 1 banana (mashed)
• 2 table spoon -fennel seeds(saunf) powder
• 2 table spoon dry grated coconut
• 25 gms cashew
• 25 gms raisins

• ghee or refined oil, as per taste for frying (ghee tastes better)

Take maida(flour) and sieve it in a mixing bowl. Put milk and water in it and make a batter and keep it aside for at least two hours.

For sugar syrup:
Take a pan and put sugar in it, add 2 cups of water and then put it on the gas stove. Simmer it till it is one string consistency. Now remove it from the gas and put it aside.

Pua:
Take the batter and put, mashed banana, fennel seeds powder, grated dry coconut, cashews, raisins in it and mix it nicely. Put a frying pan on the stove and pour ghee in it. Now take a big serving spoon and take out the batter and pour it in the ghee and deep fry till it is golden brown. Now take it out from the frying pan and put it in the syrup. After 2 minutes take it out and serve hot.

Note: It can be taken with mutton, chicken and aloo(potato) dum or saperately as a dessert.