papchi sweet

                                                 Papchi                       

Papchi is a traditional sweet snack from Chhattisgarh made with whole wheat flour and coated with sugar syrup. Papchi makes a great snack to make on festivals and a great snack for kids tiffin box.

papchi

           Course: Dessert, Snack                     Cuisine: Indian

           Prep time: 15 mins                              Cooking time:30 min

             Dough resting time: 15 min                     Servings: 4 pcs.

Ingredients

·        1 cup refined flour

·        2 tsp ghee

·        1 tbsp water (as required)

For sugar syrup

·        1 ½ cup water

·        1 ½ cup sugar

·        ½ tsp cardamom powder

Method

1.     Make a dough of wheat flour, ghee and water.

2.     Divide the dough into equal parts and roll them into desired shape.

3.     Fry them in oil till golden brown.

4.     Transfer into sugar syrup, soak papchi for 3-4 hours.

Step by step prosedure

                                                                                          

1.   First of all, take a mixing tray or bowl and add whole wheat flour, salt, and ghee. Mix well and rub the flour within your palms.

2.   Once everything combined well then flours should be clamped in your palm. Take a fistful of the mixture and close tightly. The mixture should be able to hold the shape.

3.   Now start adding water 1 tbsp at a time and make a soft dough. Keep it aside for 15 minutes.

4. After 15 minutes knead the dough again. Divide it into 4 equal portions.
5. Roll out one portion into a big circle. It should be thick like 4mm.
   
6.  Heat oil in a kadhai on medium flame.
   
7. Deep fry them on medium flame. Do not fry on high heat as they will be raw from inside. To cook properly papchi need a temperature from medium to low.
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9. Fry all the disc and drain them on paper towel.

To make sugar syrup–

1.   Heat sugar with 1 cup of water on the  medium flame.

2. Add cardamom,  Within 5 minutes sugar will dissolved and start bubbling. We need one string consistency  syrup.

4.   Gently slide the papchi disc into the syrup and flip them. As soon as they are coated with syrup remove them on a greased surface. After cooling down sugar syrup will get dry and turn into white color coating.

 

papchi

Tips

1.     In order to get the perfect flavor of this snack ghee quantity cannot be reduced. But if required go ahead.

           2.   Deep fry on medium to low heat. High heat will cook them fast from outside but it will be uncooked from inside.