This is a traditional Christmas sweet made by Anglo-Indians mostly in Goa, Maharastra, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu. Traditionally it is made on a Fork, but I prefer make it on a regular comb, as it gives a defined shape. I have comb specially kept in the kitchen for this purpose. My kids call it mama’s kitchen comb.
This is one of my family favorites. The ingredient is readily available and it is easy to make. Thanks to Andrea, one of my office colleague, who taught me how to make it.
Ingredients
400gm – Maida
100gm – Ravva/Sujji
100gm – Powered Sugar
100gm – Butter ( any pasteurized butter, I prefer Amul)
1cup - Milk ( approximately for kneading) ½ tsp - Baking powder
Comb / Fork
Oil to Fry
To make a Dough
• Mix all the dry ingredients in a knead plate (Maida, sujji, sugar powder & baking powder)
• Take butter which is soft (room temperature) and mix with the above ingredient. Mix it properly.
• Now knead this mixture with milk to a dough. Use milk little at a time.
• Keep the dough in container with a cover. Don’t let it get exposed to air as the dough with get dry.
To make the Shape
• Take a little dough and make a ball with you palm ( it should the half the size of a lemon)
• Flatten/ press the dough on the thick bristle side of the comb
• Roll to a curl as shown in the picture.
- Milk has to be used according to the requirement. More or less 1cup
- To measure maida & Sujji simple method would be take ½ kg maida remove 10tbsp from this and replace it with 10tbsp of sujji.
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