Karwa Chauth, the favorite festival of married women, will be celebrated on October 20 this year, the preparations for which have started. Women start preparing for this festival many days in advance. Married women worship Karwa Chauth by applying mehndi on their hands, doing sixteen makeups, and break the Nirjala fast after seeing their husband's face.
This difficult fast is started by eating sargi. There is a custom of eating sargi in many places including North India. Mother-in-law or elder women of the house give a large plate to their younger daughters-in-law. This plate contains food items along with Suhaag items, after which the daughter-in-law starts her fast. In many places, there is also a tradition of keeping sweet mathri in the large plate.
Although it is available in the market, the mathri made at home is a different matter. In such a situation, we tell you an easy recipe to make sweet mathri, through which you will be able to make the best sweet mathri at home and keep it in the sargi plate.
Ingredients for making sweet mathri
Maida – 2 cups
Semolina/Rava – 1/2 cup
Desi ghee – 5 tsp
Sugar powder – 6 to 7 tsp
Oil – for frying
Sesame seeds
Method of making sweet mathri
To make sweet mathri, first sift the flour well in a large vessel with the help of a sieve. Then sift the semolina in the flour and mix both of them well. After this, add sugar powder, desi ghee and sesame seeds to it. Mix this mixture well and then knead it by adding water little by little. Keep in mind that it should not be wet.
When the flour is kneaded, cover it for a while. Take it out after about 20 minutes and then knead it again. After this, make small balls of this dough and roll it with the help of a rolling pin. Do not make it too thin.
After rolling, make a hole in it with the help of a knife or a fork, so that it does not swell while frying. When these mathris are ready, heat oil in a pan and fry them.
Bake the mathris slowly on medium flame, not on high flame. By doing this, it will become crispy and its taste will increase even more. Prepare a little sugar syrup on one side and then pour this syrup over these mathris. Decorate it by adding finely chopped pistachios, cashews and almonds and start your fast by eating it in Sargi.
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