SOFT Cream Soda Mithai- Episode 481

cream soda

🥗Healthier: sparkling water + vanilla extract

💰Cheaper: club soda

Sparkling water reduces sugar while maintaining fizziness.

ghee

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: butter

Coconut oil offers a dairy-free alternative.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds sweetness with a unique flavor.

Start with a large bowl and add all-purpose flour.

Add ground cardamom, freshly ground nutmeg, baking powder, and custard powder to the flour.

Mix the dry ingredients until well combined.

Add golden cream butter to the dry mixture and mix until crumbly.

In a separate bowl, mix cream soda, evaporated milk, and almond essence.

Gradually add the wet ingredients to the dry mixture until a soft dough forms.

Let the dough rest for 30 minutes.

Divide the dough into two balls and roll out to about half an inch thickness.

Cut the dough into triangles or diamond shapes, ensuring even sizes for frying.

Heat vegetable oil in a medium-sized pot over medium heat.

Fry the matai until golden brown, stirring occasionally for even cooking.

Drain the fried matai on paper towels.

In a small pot, combine water and golden sugar to make sugar syrup.

Optionally, add freshly ground cardamom to the syrup.

Boil the sugar syrup for about 10 minutes until fine bubbles appear.

Test the syrup by adding a piece of fried matai and checking for cloudiness.

Once ready, toss the fried matai in the sugar syrup gently to coat them without breaking them.

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