Churma is a popular and traditional Rajasthani delicacy. Churma is part of a main meal known as Daal Baati Churama which is very famous in Rajasthan, India. Churma is a prepared using coarse ground wheat flour, cooked with ghee and sugar/jaggry. Although it is a very simple recipe however it takes long time to prepare and requires patience. The Churma balls are cooked on low to medium flame to ensure it is cooked well. There are two ways it can be served as a Churma granules or made as a Ladoo. These ladoo looks very similar to besan ladoo and takes time to make each one of them. These delicious ladoos are also used to worship Lord Ganesha. I am very thankful to my friend for sharing this delicious recipe.
Ingredients
- 2 cup Wheat flour
- 4 tbsp Fine rava or Sooji
- 1/4 cup Ghee for margarine
- About 1/3 cup Lukewarm milk for kneading
- 3/4 cup Powder sugar
- 1-1/2 cup Ghee for deep frying
- 1/3 cup Mix nuts( almond, cashwnuts, pista) fine chopped
- 1/2 tsp Freshly crushed green cardamom
- 1/3 cup Ghee for making ladoo
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, add wheat flour, rava, 1/4 cup of melted ghee and mix it well by hand till it gets crumble texture.
- Add lukewarm milk little by little in the mixture and make a stiff dough. Knead it well. Add more milk if needed.
- Make 16 equal size dough balls and flatten them a bit.
- Heat 1 and 1/2 cup of ghee in a kadhai at medium heat. Once ghee is hot, drop small dough balls in hot ghee.
- Fry it at low to medium heat from both side till golden color and crispy. This step is very important as the dough should get cooked well and does not remain raw.
- Once its done, place it into plate and break it by hand. Let it cool down.
- Grind it with powder sugar in food processor till fine texture.
- Take out the mixture in a mixing bowl, add 1/3 cup of ghee, cardamom powder and fine chopped nuts and mix it well.
- Make medium size ladoo. If you are not able to make ladoo you can add little bit of more ghee.
- Make all ladoos following the same process.
- Delicious churma ladoos are ready to served.
- Enjoy it with daal baati. You can store it in a airtight container.
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looks delicious ! want to grab a few
Thank you Jayashree.
There is a Gujarati (or rather Jain) version which is called Dhosa Na Laddoo. Very popular soon after Paryushan. These laddoos are made from baked flour rather than fried. Churma laddoo look just interesting, will have to try them.
Thanks for sharing.