Mawa kachori
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History

Mawa kachori is the sweet cousin of the onion kachori: Wikipedia's entry on Rajasthani cuisine describes it as a kachauri stuffed with mawa, reduced milk. Condé Nast Traveller India's contributor praises Rawat Misthan Bhandar's, doused in sugar syrup with a hint of cardamom and dried fruit inside, best eaten straight from the kadhai. Travel + Leisure Asia lists it at LMB and Sodhani, and Outlook Traveller Eats calls Rawat's the best thing on that shop's menu.

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Common allergens: Gluten, Dairy, Tree nuts

Make it at home

Yield Makes 8 kachoriHands-on 50 minTotal 1 hr 30 minDifficulty Intermediate

Ingredients

  • 250g plain flour
  • 3 tablespoons ghee
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt and about 110ml water
  • 150g mawa (khoya), crumbled
  • 30g chopped pistachios and 30g chopped almonds
  • 20g raisins
  • Seeds of 4 cardamom pods, crushed
  • 40g sugar
  • 200g sugar, 150ml water and a pinch of saffron, for the syrup
  • Ghee or oil for deep frying

Method

  1. Rub the ghee into the flour and salt, add the water and knead a firm dough. Rest for 30 minutes.
  2. Mix the mawa, nuts, raisins, cardamom and the 40g sugar for the filling.
  3. Boil the 200g sugar with the water and saffron for 8 minutes into a light syrup and keep it warm.
  4. Divide the dough into 8 balls, flatten each, fill with the mawa mixture, seal and roll gently into a flat disc.
  5. Fry in ghee or oil at about 150C over a medium-low heat for 8 to 10 minutes, turning, until golden and crisp.
  6. Dip each hot kachori in the warm syrup for about a minute and lift out to drain.

Tip from the editors. Keep the syrup warm rather than hot and dip for no more than a minute, so the crust stays crisp at the edges.

Where to eat mawa kachori

Mawa kachori in Jaipur

Rawat Mishthan Bhandar ★ 3.8

$ Street foodMi Road

Rawat Mishthan Bhandar fries pyaaz kachori and sweet mawa kachori at its main shop on Station Road in Sindhi Camp, Jaipur, from early morning to late evening.

OrderA pyaaz kachori, then the mawa kachori dipped in warm sugar syrup.

TipThe restaurant has a dedicated family seating section, and the shop opens at 06:30 every day.

Directions

Laxmi Misthan Bhandar (LMB) ★ 4.0

$ RajasthaniOld City

Laxmi Misthan Bhandar, known as LMB, runs a vegetarian restaurant and sweet counter on Johari Bazar Road in Jaipur, with thali, kachori and ghewar.

OrderThe thali with dal baati churma and kadhi, then the ker sangri, and ghewar to finish.

TipThe sweet counter and the restaurant share the Johari Bazar Road address; Lifestyle Asia lists the shop as open from 07:00 to 23:00.

Directions

Sodhani Sweets (Bapu Nagar) ★ 3.9

$ Street foodTonk Road

Sodhani Sweets on Tonk Road at Bapu Nagar, Jaipur, is a sweet shop known for crisp pyaz kachori, with jalebi and kulhad lassi, from 07:00 daily.

OrderPyaz kachori with tamarind chutney, a kulhad lassi and jalebi.

TipTime Out reports a big Sunday-morning crowd for the kachori; Sodhani has several outlets and this entry is the Tonk Road shop.

Directions

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