How to Cook Delicious Chandrakala - A sweet

Chandrakala - A sweet. This was my first attempt to make this sweet, I know it was not perfect but still was good for first attempt. One such is its local sweetmeat named 'Chandrakala'. These are little fried pastry parcels filled with khoya/mawa.

Learn how to make this sweet with step by step pictures and full video in this detailed post. I have heard about this sweet a lot but sadly never ever tasted even one in my life. Chandrakala is a very elegant and royal Indian sweet usually made during Diwali and Holi in North India. You can cook Chandrakala - A sweet using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chandrakala - A sweet

1. You need of For the stuffing.
2. Prepare 300 gms of khoya.
3. Prepare 2 tbsp of suji.
4. Prepare 3 tbsp of gratted coconut.
5. You need as needed of Chopped dry fruits--almond, pita, kaju, kismis.
6. Prepare as needed of Powder sugar.
7. You need as needed of Ghee.
8. Prepare 1/2 tsp of green cardamom and black pepper powder.
9. You need of Sugar syrup.
10. It's as needed of Sugar.
11. You need as needed of Water.
12. It's as needed of Kesar.
13. It's as needed of Choti elachi/green cardamom.
14. Prepare of For the chandrakala.
15. You need 3 cups of madia/ all purpose flour.
16. It's as needed of Ghee.

With a lot of variation it is also made in Maharashtra and south Indian States. It is quite similar to the humble Gujiya but richer in taste and looks. Unlike the Gujiya, it is round in shape and hence the name Chandrakala. Chandrakala is a dessert from Bihar, similar to gujia.

Chandrakala - A sweet instructions

1. For for the stuffing. In pan put ghee then add the suji, fry it till little brown. Then add the dry fruits and coconut. Fry it and keep it aside. Now in the same pan put the mawa. Let it soften. Now in a bowl add the mawa, the suji and coconut. Let it cool. Then add the powder sugar, elachi powder and black pepper powder. Mix them all..
2. Now take the madia add ghee to it atleast 3 tbsp then mix it fully. Now add cold water and make the dough. It should not be very soft. When the dough is done. Grease some ghee on it. And cover it with a wet cloth so that it doesn't become dry..
3. Now make small dough. Roll it into round shape like puri. Put the stuffing. Put water on the side. Put another on top of it. Now fold the sides with soft hand so that the filling dose not comes out..
4. Now in a pan put ghee and fry them. Then transfer it to the sugar syrup..

The outer covering is made of flour and the stuffing is traditionally made using dry fruits like raisins, coconut, almonds, and cashews, along with khoa, semolina, cardamom, sugar, and pistachio. Chandrakala gets the name from the shape. Chandrakala is a delicious and popular sweet in North India. It is made up of maida with the stuffing of dry nuts and sugar. This sweet is very much similar to Gujiya.