Name: Shor Bhaja Recipe
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Asian

Krishna Nagar in West Bengal is the birthplace of the Shor Bhaja. It is made purely from cream of milk. Via Scratching Canvas.


How to make Shor Bhaja Recipe

Rohini

Asian

<p>Krishna Nagar in West Bengal is the birthplace of the Shor Bhaja. It is made purely from cream of milk. Via Scratching Canvas.</p>


None

▢Whole Milk

Sugar –  /

water..

Cardamom powder                           -

Rose essence

Vegetable oil -

maida ( all purpose flour)

Lemon wedges

Pistachio sliver

- milk powder

Caster sugar

Turn the flame to simmer once cream starts forming on top of the milk. Wait for few minutes. Let the cream settle on the top of the milk. Then again turn the flame to high. Don’t stir the milk while boiling as our aim is to collect the cream from the top of the milk.

Continue the process until the cream is thick enough to scoop out. Take a long spatula and start from one side of the pan and start pushing the thick layer of cream towards the exact opposite direction.

Now push it upwards and try to stick it to the body of the pan. When entire milk will be done, you will find your pan full of cream on the body with very little milk left at the bottom. Scoop out the layers of cream from the body of the pan and place them on a flat plate.

Now arrange the layers of the cream on the plate evenly. Make sure there is no milk at all in the cream. If there is any milk squeeze it out by pressing the layers gently. The layer of cream should be dry but moist. Sprinkle some caster sugar on the top or between the layers. If you find your cream layer is still a bit watery sprinkle some all-purpose flour on the top of the layer and distribute it evenly. 

Press the top layer to make it as even and as smooth as possible. Run a knife roughly through it to make square pieces.

Now heat oil in a nonstick wok on medium flame. Add the squares to the oil slowly, about 3-4 in the wok at a time. Fry on medium-high flame until they are golden brown, then turn and fry the other side.

Boil water in a deep bottomed vessel, adding sugar and stirring continuously until dissolved.
Add cardamom powder and essence and give it a light stir. Keep boiling.

Squeeze 1/6th of a lemon to extract the juice. Add 3-4 drops of this juice into the syrup. Once you are done with the frying, remove the squares with a slotted spoon and dunk them directly into the sugar syrup. Let it boil on medium flame. Continue to boil for 10-15 mins. Remove from the pan when done, and garnish with pistachio and milk powder.

Shor Bhaja Recipe

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Ingredients for Shor Bhaja Recipe