Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Madatha Kaja/ Kakinada Kaja

The very mention of the name Kaja reminds everyone of Kakinada kaja, this crispy, cylindrical flaky, sticky sweet treat is popular not only across Andhra Pradesh but also across the nation......



Ingredients:
All purpose flour/Maida - 2 cups
Sugar - 2cups
Rice Flour - 3 tsp
Ghee - 3tsp
Soda bi carb. - 2 pinches
Oil for deep frying




Procedure :

  • Take maida/flour in a bowl, add ghee, baking powder to the maida/ flour, add sufficient water to make a dough, knead well. The dough should be like puri or chapathi dough. Pinch the dough, roll the dough into big chapathi, and keep it aside, and roll two more chapathies. Mix rice flour and ghee in to a paste, lightly smear this paste on the chapathi, place another chapathi on top of it and again smear the paste on chapati and place another chapathi(it should be stack of 3 chapathies), and roll it like a mat and cut it into 1''pieces, roll them little, lengthwise. Keep aside. Now make a sugar syrup with one string consistency. Keep aside. Heat oil and deep fry the kajas and drop them into the sugar syrup. Let the kaja absorb the syrup for a while. Remove from the syrup and keep aside. Repeat the process for the remaining kajas. Once again drop the kajas in the sugar syrup so that they nicely absorb the sugar syrup. Remove from the syrup..........store them in the container, they can be stored for 15days.

This flaky Kakinada Kaja is going to "Speciality Food Event" hosted by Simple Indian Food-An Easy Cooking Blog.

27 yummies:

Uma said...

noru vuristunnayi Prasu!! You made kaja making look so easy. thanks for the delicious recipe. I am going to try this soon and let you know :)

Namitha said...

Wow....delicious..could I grab a few ,Prasu?...:D

Cool Lassi(e) said...

Hey,
That looks delish. I have never heard of such a sweet treat before. Certainly a treat for the eyes as well..

Anupama said...

Absolutely new one to me... the layers look so beautiful :-)

Sreelekha Sumesh said...

Wow...sooo yummmyyy .looks mouthwatering.Beautiful pic too..

Priya Suresh said...

Woww such a gorgeous click, love this madatha kaja!!!such a beautiful sweet..

Sarah Naveen said...

new one for me..Looks fabulously yummy!!!

Cham said...

Wow kakinada kaja the layers are superb!

Padma said...

WOW.. looks mouthwatering... I just love these kajas :)

Soma Pradhan said...

They look so yummyy.....Thanks for sharing this recipe

Ms.Chitchat said...

Never heard of this sweet before. Looks yummy and sure is the taste too. Very nice pic.Thanx for sharing.

Chitchat
http://chitchatcrossroads.blogspot.com/

Tina said...

Wow its completely a new recipe to me....really tempting nd beautiful......

chef and her kitchen said...

I like this fresh..layered and midly sweetened...

Sushma Mallya said...

Even i do these but little bit different,i sprinkle sugar powder on that intead...ur version sounds great prasu...

priya said...

great!!...have seen it only in sweet stalls...never heard of anybody trying it...must try this soon, thx for sharing such a wonderful recipe..looks fab!!

Latha said...

Wow interesting recipe....very new to me....looks yumm.

Pari Vasisht said...

We call them Chirota in Maharashtra I just simply adore them Prasu. It's been a long time I had these beauties and urs are just tempting me to grab them from the pic.

Finla said...

I have neve rhad this, but looking to the pics i can see that how delicious it is.

SE said...

oh wow..kaja..i just love these..its been years i had these...im gonna try this...thnx

Sunitha said...

your skills are off the charts! Nice job!

Unknown said...

Slurp!!mouthwatering Kakinada kaja!!!sounds interesting and looks tempting..

Unknown said...

Looks so good, nice one.

Raje said...

Wow, one authentic dish there Prasu. Thanks for sharing the recipe. Looks so inviting..

my kitchen said...

Feeling like grab from screen & eat that

Suma Gandlur said...

Wow, Kajalu chesara event kosam? They are truly special.

Goudsaab said...

haaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh superb when i had kaja that was my most ambrassing moment

from Kakinada said...

What you have shown is tapeswaram kaja i think; it is NOT kakinada kaja; but thanks a lot for the recipe anyway!

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