🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Mawa Cake

Name: Mawa Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Butter; to taste Salt; 3 tbsp Ghee; 1.5 cups All-Purpose Flour; 3/4 cup Sugar; 1 tsp Baking Powder; 3 Green Cardamom; 250 g Khoa (Mawa)

🇮🇳 Indian

A festive Indian sweet with deep roots — the kind of recipe passed between hands, not pages. Gives you a proper meal in 50 minutes.

Prep 20 min Cook 30 min Serves 6 Medium

Ingredients

Butter1/2 cup
Saltto taste
Ghee3 tbsp
All-Purpose Flour1.5 cups
Sugar3/4 cup
Baking Powder1 tsp
Green Cardamom3
Khoa (Mawa)250 g

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantroto finish

Instructions

1
Prepare the base as the tradition demands — doughs kneaded, chhena drained, syrups skimmed.
2
Cook with the sweetness on a steady flame, stirring only as much as needed.
3
Shape or set, garnish with cardamom and nuts, and let it rest before serving.
4
Present it proudly — festival sweets are made to be shown.

Chef's tip

Mithai rewards low heat and clean pans; rush nothing.

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