Ghevar

Name: Ghevar
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 105 min
Total time: 135 min
Ingredients: 2 cup Sugar (for sugar syrup); ½ - ¾ cup Sugar (for Rabdi); 1 cup Water; 2 tsp Cardamom powder (¼ tsp for sugar syrup and 1/2 tsp for rabdi); 1-2 strands Saffron (optional); 1 ltr Milk; 2 tbsp Pistachios (chopped); 2 tbsp Almonds (chopped); 1 cup Khoya (or mawa, grated); 1 cup All Purpose Flour (maida); 1/4 cup Milk (cold); 2 cup Cold Water (ice cold); 1 tbsp Ghee (for batter); Desi Ghee (to deep fry); 1/2 tsp Lime Juice; 2 tbsp Nuts (almonds, pistachios, sliced); 5-6 strands Saffron (optional)

Aarti Sharma

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About Ghevar

Indulge in the royal sweetness of Ghevar! A traditional Rajasthani dessert made with crispy fried dough and soaked in syrup.

Follow this easy recipe for a festive treat!

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Recipe Time & More

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Cook Time1 hour hr 45 minutes mins

Total Time2 hours hrs 15 minutes mins

Served AsDinner Snacks

Recipe TasteSweet

Calories - 1898 kcal

Servings - 2

Ingredients

▢ 2 cup Sugar for sugar syrup
▢ ½ - ¾ cup Sugar for Rabdi
▢ 1 cup Water
▢ 2 tsp Cardamom powder ¼ tsp for sugar syrup and 1/2 tsp for rabdi
▢ 1-2 strands Saffron optional
▢ 1 ltr Milk
▢ 2 tbsp Pistachios chopped
▢ 2 tbsp Almonds chopped
▢ 1 cup Khoya or mawa, grated
▢ 1 cup All Purpose Flour maida
▢ 1/4 cup Milk cold
▢ 2 cup Cold Water ice cold
▢ 1 tbsp Ghee for batter
▢ Desi Ghee to deep fry
▢ 1/2 tsp Lime Juice

For Garnishing

▢ 2 tbsp Nuts almonds, pistachios, sliced
▢ 5-6 strands Saffron optional

Instructions

For Sugar Syrup

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Heat pan and add sugar, water, green cardamom powder, saffron strands and make one thread sugar syrup.

For Rabdi

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Take a heavy bottom pan and add milk. Keep stirring on low heat. Stir it till the quantity reduced to its half.
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Add cardamom powder, mawa, sugar and stir it for 6-8 mins.
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Add pistachios and almonds and cook it for 1-2 mins.

For Ghevar

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Take 1 ½ melted ghee, 2 tbsp ice cold water, 2 tbsp milk in a large bowl and mix well till it looks like cream. Now add the remaining milk and mix.
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Once it is done add all purpose flour slowly and keep mixing it.
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Now add water little by little and mix the dough continuously and make a lump free and smooth batter. Add lime juice and mix it.
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Heat ghee on high flame in a heavy round deep vessel. Heat till it get smokes.
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Now take 1 tbsp of batter and pour it in the middle of the vessel from 6-8 inches height.
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After it wait for 1-2 mins till the bubbles settle and then again pour 1 tbsp of batter. Again wait till the bubbles settle.
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Repeat this for 3-4 times. If your vessel is bigger in size so you have to add more spoonful of batter. If you see the batter is sticking in the middle use a thin rod to detach that.
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Once its slightly more than golden and properly fried, take it out very carefully with the help of the rod.
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Keep the ghevar over the small round bowl to remove the excess ghee.

For Garnishing

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Dip the ghevar in the hot sugar syrup with the help of the rod and take it out. Again keep the ghevar over the small round bowl to remove the excess syrup.
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Let the ghevar to get dry. It will take around an hour.
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Apply a coat of rabdi. Sprinkle sliced almonds, pistachios and saffron over it.

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5 Comments

Himanshu Agarwal

January 18, 2023 / 10:27 am Log in to Reply

Looks so appetizing! Thank you for posting.
Sahil Sabharwal

January 4, 2020 / 9:38 am Log in to Reply

Absolutely mouthwatering! Great share.
Akshit Dhiman

July 9, 2016 / 5:10 pm Log in to Reply

This is exactly what I was looking for!
Ravi Sangal

July 6, 2016 / 12:46 pm Log in to Reply

Looks so appetizing! Thank you for posting.
Anurag Vithalkar

March 13, 2015 / 3:45 pm Log in to Reply

This looks perfect! Thanks for posting.