The monsoon calls for something sweet, fried, and comforting that you can tuck into while it rains cats and dogs outside. However, these snacks should also be quick and easy to whip up for yourself or for any friend that decides to seek shelter at your house in this weather. We’ve got desi easy sweet recipes to the fusion deep fried oreos recipe. Without further ado, here are some recipes that you can turn to during this season.
Pazham Pori
Ingredients:
- 2 to 3 large ripe bananas
- 60 gm flour
- 1 tbsp rice flour
- Pinch of turmeric powder
- Pinch of baking soda
- 80 ml water
- Oil for frying
Instructions:
- Mix together flour, rice flour, turmeric powder, and baking soda together. Then slowly incorporate the water into this.
- The batter should be pourable, like dosa batter, and not too thin.
- Peel and slice the bananas into halves or quarters, then slice them vertically.
- Dip them in the flour batter and fry them in hot oil until golden and crispy.
- Drain the fritters on a paper towel to soak any excess oil. Savour them with a cup of tea.
Fried Oreos
Ingredients:
- 20 Oreos
- 120 gm flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- tsp salt
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 egg
- tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp melted butter
- 240 ml milk
- Powdered sugar for garnish.
Instructions:
- Whisk together the dry ingredients in a large bowl, then create a well in the centre.
- Add the egg, milk, sugar, vanilla extract, melted butter and mix until well-combined. Ensure there are no lumps in the batter.
- Let this batter rest for about 5 to 10 minutes. Until then, line a plate with a paper towel where you can drain the deep fried Oreos.
- Heat the oil in a large vessel like a kadhai. Then dip every Oreo in the batter and deep fry until golden brown and crispy. This should take about 3 to 4 minutes per cookie.
- Sprinkle the fried Oreos with powdered sugar and serve hot.
Double ka Meetha
Ingredients:
- 4 to 5 slices white bread
- 60 ml ghee, to fry
- 180 ml evaporated milk
- 60 g sugar
- 80 ml water
- A pinch of saffron strands
- 1 tsp rose water
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
- 8 cashews or almonds
Instructions:
- Trim the crusts of the white bread and toast them until golden brown in an oven or air fryer. You want the bread to be crisp.
- Cut every slice into smaller pieces.
- Heat the ghee in a pan and fry the pieces of bread, followed by the nuts. You can use cashews, walnuts, almonds, and even raisins. Once all the items are fried and fragrant, set them aside and start working on the sugar syrup.
- Add water, saffron, cardamom powder, and sugar in a saucepan and bring this mixture to a boil just to dissolve the sugar. Once the pan is off the heat, add the rosewater.
- Arrange all the fried slices of bread in another pan and pour the sugar syrup over them.
- Immediately add the evaporated milk over this.
- Put this pan over the stove and let it cook for about 2 to 3 minutes on medium heat.
- Continue cooking until you see no traces of the evaporated milk in this pan.
- Let the soaked bread rest in the saucepan for about 10 minutes before serving with a topping of dried fruits and nuts.