Atta Chiroti Recipe
Atta Chiroti is a crispy, flaky ,layered deep fried dish served with powdered sugar and sweetened milk.
Servings 12 Makes
Calories 297kcal
Ingredients
For Chiroti Dough
- 1 Cup Whole Wheat Atta Flour
- ½ Cup Barik Sooji / Fine semolina
- ⅓ Cup Milk
- ¼ Cup Water , or as needed
- 3 tablespoon Clarified Butter / Ghee
- ¼ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
For Saati
- 3 tablespoon Rice Flour
- 4-5 tablespoon Ghee/ Clarified Butter
Other Ingredients
- ¼ cup Powdered Sugar
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
To make Atta Chiroti Dough
- In a bowl , take 1 cup atta , ½ cup fine rava , ¼ teaspoon salt , ¼ teaspoon baking powder , 3 tablespoon ghee, mix well to crumble.
- Add ⅓ Cup milk mix well , add water ( ¼ cup) part by part . Mix everything together to form a really hard dough .
- Transfer dough onto a worktop , start kneading the dough well with heels of the palm till dough becomes soft and smooth.
- Transfer back to a bowl , cover it with a damp muslin cloth , let it rest for 15- 20 minutes.
To make Saati
- Whilst prepare saati , in bowl add 3 tablespoon rice flour and 4 tablespoon ghee .
- Whisk well and set aside.
To roll Chiroti
- After 15 minutes ,remove muslin cloth , take dough and make 6 medium size balls.
- Take a ball, dust some flour ,flatten it and start to roll.
- Roll dough into large circle as thin as possible . Roll all 6 balls separately and set aside.
- Spread ½ tablespoon of saati on rolled dough , spread saati generously with hands evenly over the rolled dough.
- Place another rolled dough on top of the saati spread.
- Repeat the process and stack all remaining rolled dough one above the other.
- Tightly roll the dough like a log .
- Cover it with damp muslin cloth and allow it to sit for 15 minutes in refrigerator.
- Later cut into 1 inch pieces. Gently press in hand and make small circular disc and roll gently.
To deep fry Chiroti
- Heat oil ,drop in rolled chiroti in hot oil .
- Once you drop in chiroti in hot oil , gently press the centre with a long wooden stick or rear end of a spatula and pour ladle full of hot oil at the centre , so that oil gets into every layer inside and it turns crispy .
- On medium heat , deep fry the chiroti , till crispy and flaky , once it turns golden brown , strain oil and remove.
- Sprinkle powdered sugar on top of chiroti.
- Pour sweetened milk on top of chiroti and serve hot or warm . Refer notes for making creamy sweetened milk / Basundi .
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Notes
For sweetened milk, boil 1 ½ litres milk, let it reduce to 1 litre. Add ⅓ cup condensed milk, add chopped nuts 2 tbsp, ¾ teaspoon milk masala powder, few strands of saffron and dried rose petals . Stir well and set aside.
Nutrition
Calories: 297kcal