Kaaja is a very popular sweet in the eastern states of India and also Nepal. It's hard on the outside but juicy from within. It doesn't take much time to make it and can be stored for almost a week.. I have heard that it's very popular dish of Orissa and is also offered to Puri Jagannath as one of the chappan bhog offered to the Lord...
Ingredients:
Maida - 1 cup + 2 tbsp
Sugar - 1 1/4 cup
Ghee - 3 to 4 tbsp
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
Oil for frying
Method:
Take maida in a bowl. Add 2 tbsp of ghee and mix properly till the flour crumbles in texture.
Now add water and make a smooth dough. Cover it with a wet cloth and allow it to rest for 30 mins.
Till the dough rests, make the sugar syrup. Take sugar in a pan. Add 1 cup water to it and heat it to form a syrup. If u want a lite syrup coating boil it for only 5 mins just like gulab jamoon. But i like an extra sugary texture on the dish. So i boil it till it is one thread consistency. Switch off flame and allow it to cool.
Now roll the entire dough into a thin sheet. Melt the rest of the ghee and add the 2 tbsp maida to it to make thin paste. Apply it on the rolled dough .
Start rolling the dough from one side as in the picture. In between keep applying a paste of maida and ghee to get the textures. After rolling the dough into long strip. Cut it into 1" size pieces. Press them slightly.
Heat oil in a pan and fry them in medium to low heat till they are nice golden brown. Remove them and soak them in sugar syrup for 2 to 3 minutes..
Tasty Kaajas are ready to be enjoyed in this festive occasion.
Enjoy cooking !!!
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