Suji Ka Pua/Sweet Pua/Sweet Semolina Fritters
Suji Ka Pua(Sweet Semolina Fritters)
Suji Ka Pua, an authentic dish of Kumaon (Uttarakhand).If you have a sweet tooth then you will surely like these sweet suji puas.
These sweet Puas are prepared during on every auspicious occasion in Puja as Naivedya in Uttarakhand.Step by step instructions:
Mix all the ingredients semolina, sugar, yogurt, and cardamom powder in the bowl.Cover it and keep aside for half an hour to ferment.
Fry on a medium flame till they turn golden brown then take out.
Suji Ka Pua(Sweet Semolina Fritters)
Drain onto an absorbent paper and serve.
Serve hot or cold Sweet Suji Pua with tea.
Suji Ka Pua(Sweet Semolina Fritters) Recipe
Prep 30 min Cook Time: 15 min Serves 4
Suji Ka Pua(Sweet Semolina Fritters)
Main Ingredients: Semolina, sugar, and yogurtCuisine: UttarakhandCourse: SnackLevel of Cooking: EasyIngredients:
- 1 cup Semolina (Rawa/suji)
- 1/4 cup or to taste Sugar
- 1/4 cup yogurt
- 1 teaspoon ghee(optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon cardamom Powder
- Oil or ghee to deep fry
Method:
- Mix all the ingredients semolina, sugar, yogurt ghee and cardamom powder in the bowl.
- Cover it and keep aside for half an hour to ferment.
- On medium heat pour oil in a deep pan(Kadhai) and heat it sufficiently.
- Stir the batter well and take little amounts of a mixture at a time and put it in hot oil.
- In this manner take mixture in your hands again and put more proportion to the oil, in the pan.
- Fry on a medium flame till they turn golden brown then take out.
- Fry all Puas in the same process.
- Drain onto an absorbent paper.
- Serve hot or cold Sweet Suji Pua with tea.
Note:
- Instead of yogurt, you can use mashed ripe banana.
- You can use saunf in place of cardamom powder.
- Add some milk or yogurt if required to adjust the consistency of a batter.
- The mixture for Pua has to be thick like the one used for Pakoda.
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