I heard the name of this recipe for the first time from a travelogue of cookery show “Flavors of India. The hostess showed the making of this dish by a street vendor in Beypore port, Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala, India. I was curious as usual and wanted to try. I know street food has the magic which no other food can bring in. This Saturday I made it and it was easy to make needing only flour, sugar, cardamom and egg. Yes I know that fried goodies are not good for health. I occasionally ignore that warning just like a smoker who skips the warning on his cigarette packet.
Upon searching the internet, I came to know that a recipe for Malpuri existed in the form of a traditional Konkani cuisine from Mangalore, India. Mangaloreans also make malpuri using flour, sugar, buttermilk and cardamom, but skipping the egg. You can see the traditional recipe from here and also from here where are they are adding semolina in the recipe. I think that street vendor has been influenced by the traditional malpuri recipe of adjacent state and modified the recipe to suit to his customers taste. The ingredients in the malpuri are similar to acchappam/ Indian style rosette cookies of Kerala except cardamom and kalonji /nigella seeds. Next I am going to try the traditional Konkani malpuri.
This malpuri can be distant cousin of Malpua (sweetened fried pancakes) served dunked in sugar syrup or brushed with sugar syrup in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and neighboring Bangladesh. In some parts they use fruits like mango, pineapple and banana in their malpuas. Malpua is added to my do list. I will try later. My hubby always says you make a huge to do list, and everyday start adding more and more, and as it is sweet it is against my health. I will say no I am not going to try and sweets in the near future, after two –three days I will conveniently forget that promise and try the sweet dishes. I will make some adjustment though by reducing sugar amount.
For making this dish you need to heat oil in a flat bottomed pan. First make syrup of sugar and water along with cardamom and later mixed into the dry ingredients and to form a pancake batter and latter fried them in hot oil. My hubby says it tastes great next day. We loved this malpuri as our tea time snack. Try sometime, you can also enjoy this treat in your kitchen. Here goes the recipe.
One year ago: Ethakappam/Fried Plantain fritters
Print recipe from here
What you need
Unbleached all purpose flour: 1 cup (packed)
Granulated sugar: ⅓ cup (original recipe asked for 1 cup of sugar)
Egg: ½ of one egg
Cardamom pods: 3 no
Yellow food color: 3 drops
Water: 1 cup
Nigella seeds/ Kalonji: 1 teaspoon
Salt: ⅛ teaspoon
Oil for frying: 2 cups
How I made
In a medium sauce pan heat water and sugar and bring to boil or until sugar melts completely. To this add ground cardamom pods and set aside to cool.
In a large bowl add all purpose flour, salt and nigella seeds and mix to combine everything. To this add egg, food color and half of sugar syrup and whisk together to form a lump free batter. Once everything is combined well add rest of sugar syrup and make smooth pancake like batter. Set aside for 30 minutes.
By the end of resting time, heat oil in a flat bottomed pan (similar way to make Jalebi/Jangiri). When the oil becomes hot (around 360F) add ⅛ cup of batter directly into the oil. You don’t need to spread; it will spread by its own. When one side is done, flip the other and cook until it becomes golden brown color. It took about 2 minutes per sides. When they are ready try to squeeze the excess oil using buy pressing them in between two spoons and transfer to kitchen towel to remove any leftover oil .continue the process until you finish the entire dough. You will be able make 3 -4 pancakes depending upon how wide your pan is.
Enjoy with your favorite tea or coffee.
Preparation time: 1 hour
Yield: 15 no
Verdict: Tasty
will you make it again: Yes I will
This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
SheenaBabu says
bookmarked recipe.....thanks for sharing
An Open Book says
this is making me drool..wish i had some of those NOW
sweethome says
The malpuri looks delicious and yummy!!
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sowmya says
This looks so yummy and crispy...
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Hima says
Looking yummy swathi
Reeni says
What delicious little treats Swathi! So golden brown and perfect looking - wish I had one!
Varunavi says
Looks delicious,,liked the post....
Anu says
looks so delicious..
Joanne says
Nothing like a bit of fried dough to get me salivating in the morning! Looks delicious.
Shobha says
Looks so delicious and perfect.
Shama Nagarajan says
tasty recipe..delicious
MaryMoh says
Mmmm...this would be so nice with home brewed coffee. Hope you have a lovely day. MaryMoh at http://www.keeplearningkeepsmiling.com
Miriam says
Delicious! I can't stop loving fried food myself. Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters
Madhavi says
Oh this malpuri looks amazing..
Priya Sreeram says
looks great swathi- less sugar is a good idea
Pushpa says
Looks delicious Swathi..
Usha says
Mmm yum that looks delicious !
kothiyavunu.com says
Adipoli swathi..njanum ithu kandu, try cheyyanam..this looks super delicious, u made it perfect-ttoo...kandittu ipoo vennam thonnu 🙂
Padhu says
Looks perfect! Great job
Chow and Chatter says
this looks great love the way your research your posts fun to learn from you
savitha ramesh says
This is very new to me and malpuri looks delicious.
Mexico in my kitchen says
Those look so easy to make and I have all the ingredients at home.
I have a question for you. My son is invited to a party. The family having the party is from India. Is there a custom in India about arriving to the party with a little present. In our culture we usually bring a little something cook at home or a sweet bread, but I know some cultures will feel uncomfortable. In case it is Ok to bring something what could be a good thing to bring?
Thanks in advance for your answer.
Mely
Ramya says
It has come out soo well..i soo wanted to try it after watching the video..I totally love lakshmi nair's shows .:-)
notyet100 says
they do look like malpua,..;-)
Jay says
Mmmm...looks awesome..completely new to me..thanks dear for sharing..:P
Tasty appetite
G.Pavani says
puris look soft n delicious..
Rekha shoban says
wow~!yummy malpuri!!
Lena Rashmin Raj says
wowww.. this looks devine!!!! im a frequent viewer of that show :)Malpuva's are really a filling snack 🙂
Suman Singh says
Love malpuas and those look irresistible..feel like having some now...delish!
PALATABLE says
Irresistible! Love that you've reduced the sugar and turned this yummy treat to much healthier version....
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Angela says
This looks like a delicious tea time treat.
Sensible Vegetarian says
This looks absolutely delectable. Kudos for you to post the step by step photos.
SravsCulinaryConcepts says
Wow very tempting and absolutely delicious !!
Indie.Tea says
Ooo, that looks so delicious! And perfect for the rainy cold weather we're having here today...
Reshmi Mahesh says
Delicious and would love to have one..:)
HGourmet Foodie says
This looks absolutely delicious!! I would love these with a lovely cup of tea!!!
Peggy says
These look great! Sounds like an awesome fried treat!
Panchpakwan says
Looks yummy and all time fav...
sinfullyspicy.com says
This looks yummy Swathi.Nice color from deep frying.I would love to dunk them in some sugar syrup
Suja Sugathan says
Wow this looks tempting..got to try this one,yum yum.
Priya says
Malpuri looks absolutely wonderful and inviting, truly fabulous..
Kalyani says
looks delicious and yummy ..... glad to follow u !!!
divya says
Malpuri looks truly irresistible and yumm!
Gulmohar says
I love this..It's been a long time since I made this 🙂
michelangelo in the kitchen says
These puris look absolutely scrumptious! There is something about fried dough that is so appealing to me even as a child. So good and filling! Got to make these for old time sake. Thanks for sharing!
Kairali sisters says
i rememeber watching this is flavors of India, have come out soo good, swathi 🙂
Torviewtoronto says
looks wonderful delicious to snack
Hamaree Rasoi says
Reading this post after having my dinner and badly wants to have this as my dessert:-)
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Kalpana Sareesh says
Tat looks perfect snack ..will def try it!!
Rachu says
so crispy..great job adding the video
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Satya says
wow those puris looks sooooooo inviting..yummy
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Hema Mahen says
Looks delicious and yum...
? says
This sounds delicious! Have to try this method of mixing in the sugar syrup
Rani acharyulu says
Looking crispy and yummy.
Sarah Naveen says
that looks so delicious..
Gotta try this...