Malpua

This recipe makes the Best Malpua ever. Malpua is a traditional Indian sweet from Rajasthan and Orissa. The pancakes made using flour are soaked in sugar syrup and these are then topped with a creamy rabdi.  Here is How to make Malpua.

This delicious Indian sweet is traditionally made during the festive season. This famous Indian pancake soaked in sugar syrup or rabdi is very popular is Orissa, Rajasthan and parts of UP and it’s made especially for the Oriya festival of Raja Shankaranti.

It’s also made in other Northern regions like Bengal and Assam. So the next time you’re planning an Indian feast, give this sugar coated fritters a try. This recipe requires very few commonly available ingredients and the malpua is to be deep-fried first and then left to soak in the flavours of the sugar syrup.

It’s also popularly known as Amalu in Oriya. Making this delicacy at home might seem like a herculean task, but the recipe is extremely easy to follow and you can treat yourself to restaurant quality malpuas, right at the comforts of your home.

So make this mouth-watering delicacy and watch it disappear as your loved ones relish spoonfuls of this fabulous Indian dessert. There are variations of this basic recipe that are becoming quite popular, sometimes fruits are also used to make these. You can make this Best Malpua with banana or strawberries too.

You could try this recipe for any festival or Pooja, it’s also a great mithai to make for Diwali.

If this sugar dunked sweet doesn’t speak of love, then what does?

On our many visits to Jaipur, we used to relish this sweet and at that time, I never thought to make this at home. It’s the first time, I have tried this and trust me, it came out wonderful.

The recipe to make it is very simple and requires no skills. Just mix the batter and pour it in hot ghee. That’s all you have to do to make this wonderful sweet at home. Mostly, it is eaten warm and they have this crisp, gooey texture which pleases the palate whenever you eat it.

Though during festivals like Holi, Diwali or Rakshabandhan, it can be bought from the shop, it is so much fun to make them at home and see these yummy golden delights getting fried!

For all the festive meals, you could serve this as a dessert or a sweet. Do this Best Malpua recipe and make it pretty soon! Here is Malpua recipe step by step.

Pro Tips to make Best Malpua

Make sure the batter is lump free and smooth.

The ghee should be very moderately hot. Do not fry the fry the Malpua in very hot ghee otherwise they will be raw from inside.

Try to use a shallow non stick pan to fry the Malpua.

A good malpua is crispy on the edges and soft in the centre.

The sugar syrup should be hot when we soak the malpua in it.

You can add a mashed banana in the batter. Adding banana in the batter is more of a Bihari and Oriya thing. In UP & Rajasthan,it’s not added.

How to make Sooji Malpua?

To make Malpua using sooji, make a batter using the below ingredients. Then follow the same recipe for normal malpua. The consistency of the batter should be same like the normal Malpua batter.

This recipe is good to make malpua without khoya if you don’t have khoya at hand.

• 1 cup Fine Sooji
• 1/4 cup Fresh Cream
• 1/2 tsp Fennel Powder
• 1/4 tsp Cardamom Powder
• 1/4 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp Powdered Sugar
• Milk to make batter

How to make Banana Malpua?

Mix 1 cup mashed banana, 1 cup all purpose flour, 1 cup milk, 1/2 tsp cardamom powder and 1 pinch baking powder in a bowl to make a lump free smooth batter. Now make malpua using this batter.

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