Khajoor (A deep fried sweet snack)

Khajoor is a deep fried sweet snack which is ideal teatime snack and a couple of them for breakfast with a glass of milk make a good breakfast too.  You can store them in an airtight container for a week or so.

KHAJOOR

Ingredients:
500 g of plain flour (maida)
50 g of semolina
350 g of sugar
250 g of dried milk, plain (khoya)
2 tbsp of roasted poppy seeds
6 tsp of ghee
150 mL of toned milk
1/2 tsp baking soda
Oil for frying
50 g each of cashews and raisins

Method:

• Dry mix the flour, semolina, and sugar.
• Crumble and add dried milk (khoya).
• Add the baking soda, ghee, cashews, raisins, and roasted poppy seeds and mix in well.
• Using milk as needed, make a dough of a hard consistency.  Divide into 2 equal portions and let the dough sit for 1 hour.
• Sprinkle flour on the rolling board and roll out each portion to 1/2 inch thickness and cut into desired shapes.  Deep fry on a medium heat till golden brown.