Kaaja

YOU NEED:


Maida flour-1 cup
Baking powder -1/2 tsp
Rice flour-2 tbsp

Ghee-4 to 5 tbsp
Water-1/2 cup for dough (or little less)
Sugar-1 1/2 cups
Water-1/4cup (for syrup)
Oil - For deep frying

First Trial

Second Trial

Note: During my first trial, due to addition of baking soda, my kaja's went out of shape. My second trial turned out to be very authentic. You need one or more trials to get right dough consistency.

Take maida/flour in a bowl, add ghee, baking powder to the maida/ flour, add sufficient water to make a dough, knead well. The dough should be like puri or chapathi dough. Divide the dough into two balls and roll into big chapathi. Mix rice flour and ghee in to a paste, lightly smear this paste on the chapathi, place another chapathi on top of it like a stack of 2 chappathies. Roll it like a mat and cut them into small pieces lengthwise. Heat oil and deep fry the kajas and drop them directly  into the hot  sugar syrup(one string consistency). Let the kaja absorb the syrup for a while. Remove from the syrup.

Serve Kaaja - Sweet delicacy of Andhra to ur near and dear ones.