Tapeswaram Kaja | Madatha Kaja

Tapeswaram kaja or madatha kaja is a traditional Andhra sweet which is crispy from outside and juicy inside.Kaja always reminds me of my childhood days when I used to wait for my uncle to bring Kaja from Kakinada. Kaja is made with all-purpose flour or maida kneaded with butter or ghee, fried and dipped in sugar syrup. Here I am sharing the easy Kaja recipe, please try and share your joy with your family:)

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Tapeswaram Kaja | Madatha Kaja

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course Sweet

Cuisine Indian, South Indian

Servings 15

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup Maida or All purpose flour
• 1/4 cup Butter
• 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 1/2 cup Water
• 2 Cardamom
• Oil to deep fry

Instructions

 

• Take a cup of all purpose flour or maida, baking soda in a bowl and mix well.
  
• Heat butter and pour on to the flour.
  
• Mix well with out adding water so that butter and flour mixes well.
  
• If required add little water and knead the dough. Cover the dough with wet cloth and keep aside for 30mins.
  
• Take a portion of a dough and roll it with a rolling pin like chapati. Slightly sprinkle the flour and make chapati as thin as possible.
  
• From one end start folding it, sprinkle flour on the dough and roll it tightly so that when we fry the kaja we get nice layers. 
  
• At the end wet the dough and roll it completely. Roll the chapati by pressing gently to tighten the roll.
  
  
• Cut into small pieces.
  
• Now take each pice and press vertically with an index finger or with rolling pin.
  
• Meanwhile take a take 2 cups of water in a vessel, add sugar and boil for 5 mins.  
  
• Add cardamom powder and keep stirring. When the sugar syrup becoming thick and forms a string. Sugar syrup is ready now switch off the flame.
  
• Heat oil in a frying pan or kadai.
  
• When the oil is heat, drop the kaja one by one.
  
• Fry the kaja's slowly on a low flame till kaja's turn crisp and golden on all sides by tossing now and then. 
  
• Drop the fried kaja's into the sugar syrup and keep them for 5mins and take out from the sugar syrup.
  
•  Tapeswaram or madatha Kaja is ready with nice crisp and golden color. Serve hot or cold.
  

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