🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Khaja

Name: Khaja
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3 tbsp, divided Ghee; 2 cups All-Purpose Flour; 1 cup, for syrup Sugar; for deep frying Peanut Oil; 3, powdered Green Cardamom

🇮🇳 Indian

Odisha's temple sweet from Puri — hundreds of ghee-laminated layers pressed, fried and dunked in thin syrup that dries glassy. Jagannath's proudest export; flakiest thing on any plate.

Prep 40 min Cook 25 min Serves 8 Medium

Ingredients

Ghee3 tbsp, divided
All-Purpose Flour2 cups
Sugar1 cup, for syrup
Peanut Oilfor deep frying
Green Cardamom3, powdered

Optional extras

Salt1 pinch

Instructions

1
Knead maida with ghee into a firm dough; rest 30 minutes.
2
Roll thin, smear ghee, fold into many layers; repeat.
3
Cut into rectangles and press flat.
4
Fry on medium till pale gold and layered.
5
Dip in thin warm syrup briefly; dry till the coating sets glassy.

Chef's tip

A quick hot dip only — long soaking makes khaja soggy, and khaja must crackle.

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