Khooshiyon Ki Katori Recipe by Pooja Acharekar

Cooking Time: 68 Minutes
Preparation Time: 42 Minutes
Total Serves: 6 - 7

The Ingredient List

• MAGGI 2-Minute Noodles - 1 Packet (70 Grams)
• Amul Fresh Cream - 100 ML
• Nestlé Milk Powder - 200 Grams
• Milk - 100 ML
• Ghee - 1 Tablespoon
• Water - 3 Cups
• Sugar - 400 Grams
• Oil - 2 cups (For Frying)
• Corn Flour - ½ Tablespoon
• Almonds - 2-3 
• Pistachio - 2-3
• Food Color - Optional

The Easy Steps

For Preparing Mawa:

• Heat 1 tablespoon ghee in a pan on low flame. Add 100 ml milk and 200 gram milk powder to the pan and keep stirring. You can add ½ tablespoon sugar (as per taste). Cook for about 15 mins until the mixture thickens. Keep aside for half an hour for it to cool down.

For Preparing Cream:

• Take 100 ml chilled cream in a bowl and whip it for 5 mins using a blender. Store it in the refrigerator to use for later.

For Preparing Sugar Syrup:

• Take 200 ml water to another pan and boil it on medium flame. Add 400 gram sugar to it and keep stirring for 20 mins until you get 1 string consistency, cook for 2 mins more in medium heat.

For Cooking

• Boil 2 cups of water in a pan for 5 mins on high flame. Take a large strainer and add 1 packet of MAGGI Noodles to it. Dip it in boiling water for 2 mins to cook the noodles. Pour ½ tablespoon corn flour on noodles and mix it gently so these noodles don’t stick to each other.
• Simultaneously, heat 2 cups of oil in a kadai for 5 mins on medium flame. Take 2 tea strainers. In 1st strainer, take some cooked noodles and grease some oil on them using a brush. Keep another strainer on it and press gently to give it a half-spherical shape. Now dip both strainers in hot oil to fry these noodles for 2-3 mins until it turns into golden brown color. You will now get a crispy and hard base in the form of katori for your dish. Put it on tissue paper to soak excess oil and wait for it to cool down.
• Now dip these katoris in sugar syrup for 2-3 mins and keep them aside on the platform for garnishing.

For Presentation

• Use mawa in step 1 to create flower and leaf shapes. You can add a pinch of food colors to mawa as per your preferences (Red/Yellow for flowers, Green for leaves). Add some cream from step 2 inside the flower petals. Add some sliced nuts for garnishing. Now with love, rest these flowers and leaves in our Khooshiyon Ki Katori to finalize the dish.