Chiroti Recipe - Delicious Crispy Layered Sweet Puri

Total Time: 45 minutes

Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients:

  • cashew nuts
  • rice flour
  • ghee
  • pistachios
  • water
  • sugar
  • badam (almond)
  • cardamom powder (elaichi)
  • flour (maida)
  • water dough

Instructions:

  • To begin making the Chiroti recipe, we will first begin with the dough
  • In a wide bowl, mix maida, ghee and knead into a stiff dough adding water gradually
  • You can also use the a food processor like I have, do knead the dough and bring it together
  • The dough should be firm and smooth, similar to that of a puri
  • Cover and set aside for 15-20 minutes
  • To prepare sugar syrup, add sugar and water in a pan and allow to boil
  • Once the syrup starts boiling, reduce the flame to low and check the consistency of sugar syrup
  • You should have a one string consistency sugar syrup
  • Add cardamom powder and turn off heat
  • Set aside
  • In a small bowl, mix ghee, rice flour and maida
  • Stir and keep aside
  • Now, we will make the puris
  • Divide the dough in 6 equal parts and make balls out of it
  • Roll out each ball into a big round (big sized roti)
  • Now take 1 roti and apply ghee-flour mixture and spread evenly on it
  • Place another roti on it and apply ghee-flour mixture over it
  • Now, place the third roti and apply the ghee-flour mixture
  • Then roll them up into a log
  • With the help of a knife, cut small pieces of the roll
  • These would now look like mini swiss rolls or pinwheels
  • Repeat the same process for the remaining 3 rotis
  • Lightly press these pinwheels and flatten them to form a disc
  • These are now flattened chiroti dough, which we now need to deepfry
  • Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan for frying the chiroti
  • Fry the prepared chiroti until it turns light golden and crisp
  • Immediately soak these chiroti in the prepared warm sugar syrup
  • When you dip the chiroti puris, syrup should neither be too hot nor at room temperature
  • It should be warm
  • Soak the chiroti in the syrup for about a minute or until it gets well coated
  • Take the Chiroti out and place it on a platter
  • Sprinkle chopped nuts over the chiroti and allow it to cool
  • Once cooled, store the Chiroti in an air-tight container and serve as desired
  • Serve Chiroti as a sweet along with your festive meal or you can serve it your guests on Diwali along with other snacks like Instant Poha Chivda and Masala Chai Recipe - Indian Spiced Tea