Andhra delicious: Madatha kaja

Ingredients:

• 1 cup All purpose (Maida) flour
• 2 tsp Rice flour
• 5 tsp Ghee
• 1 1/2 cup Sugar
• 1 cup Water
• A pinch of Baking soda
• Oil for deep frying

Procedure:

• Mix All purpose flour with ghee,baking soda and water and make a soft dough.
• Keep aside for fifteen minutes.
• Now, divide dough into lime sized small balls. Keep aside.
• Roll out each lime sized dough ball, like chapathi.
• Now place 2 chepathis one on each other. In between those two, put little ghee and rice flour and roll them.
• Now cut this rolled chapati into 5 to 6 peices.
• Take each piece and stretch it with pressed with hands (or use appadala karra) on the top to flatten.
• Repeat the rest of the dough balls.
• Meanwhile, heat sugar with 1 cup of water, until sugar dissolves and syrup looks thick.
• To test whether the syrup is ready, take a drop between your fingers. It should feel sticky and stretch a little.
• Then remove syrup from heat.
• Heat the oil in a thick bottomed pan, on medium heat, until it is hot.
• Drop the prepared khajas and fry over low heat until they turn golden yellow.
• Remove and immediately drop them into prepared sugar syrup.
• Let them soak for 30 minutes and then remove from the syrup.
• That's it your home made delicious Madatha kaja's are ready.
• Decorate with slivered almonds and serve.
• You can store them in the container, they can be stored for 15 days.