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Kalkal, A Colorful Sweet

A different anglo-indian recipe
Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine Goa
Servings 3 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 kg Allpurpose flour Maida
  • 200 gm Butter
  • 200 gm Sugar powdered
  • 4 drops Vanilla essence
  • 2 nos Eggs
  • Salt A pinch
  • 4 different Edible colors optional
  • Oil for deep frying

Instructions
 

  • Mix together butter and powdered sugar.
  • Beat nicely, until they are blended together.
  • Add the essence and a pinch of salt and beat again.
  • Beat the eggs nicely, until fluffy.
  • Add this to the butter-sugar mix and blend well.
  • Add maida to this mixture and knead well, until you get the smooth chappathi dough consistency.
  • Divide the dough into 4 parts.
  • To each part, add one edible color and knead well.
  • Make a small marble sized ball of the dough and press it on the inner side of a fork and roll in like a mat, without pressing hard.
  • Roll the entire quantity of dough into small small rolls.
  • Heat oil in a deep frying pan.
  • Drop a few rolls into the oil in batches of same color and fry them out.
  • :- Oil will fluff up. Take care not to let the oil overflow.
  • :- Do not over fry since the kalkals will change color.
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