Surati Ghari – very famous sweet from Surat​ .

Ghari is a very famous sweet from Surat. People consume on a day called Chandani Padva. It is loaded with ghee. It was made first in somewhere around 1830s. It is said that Ghari was made for Tatya Tope to give extra strength to fight in 1857.

Here is my Mother sharing her recipe . She makes amazing Ghari .

Ingredients :

Here I don’t have the picture of Mawa but that is most important ingredient in Ghari .

1.Refined flour 2. Ghee 3.Powdered Sugar 4.Cardomom 5.Saffron mixed in warm milk 6.crushed Pistachio 7.Gram flour 8.crushed Almonds

For Dough :

1. 300 gms refined flour
2. 3 to 4 tsp ghee
3. Milk as required

For Stuffing :

1. 500 gms fresh Mawa
2. 50 gms Gram flour (thick flour )
3. Crushed nuts (almonds, pistachio, cardamom )
4. 300 gms powdered sugar
5. 2 to 3 tsp of ghee
6. Saffron with warm milk

Method :

1. Mix the ingredients to make the dough. Knead it well and soft with Milk. cover it with a moist kitchen towel and keep it on a side for a minimum of 2 hours.

2. Make the Stuffing :

• Take a pan and heat it up
• Add Ghee + gram flour, roast it till little pinkish then remove in a plate and let it cool.
• Again take 2tsp of ghee in a pan and heat it.
• Add Mawa in it and roast it till little pinkish after some time mix gram flour in it
• let the mixture cool well
• Mix powdered sugar as per your taste and mix it well
• Add crushed nuts in it
• Add Saffron in it

3. To Assemble :

• Take the Dough and knead it well and make smooth and soft .

• Divide in equal medium sized balls and keep them covered with a moist towel again .

• Take one ball and roll it like a Puri

4. Take a very small bowl (which is for appetizers or dips ) Put a stuffing in it press it well and then turn that on the puri .

5. Gather all the sides and close it like a Kachori .

6. Take a Pan and pour a Ghee in it to deep fry the Ghari . Place it like this and then fry the ghari .

7. After Deep frying all the Gharis , Dip all them one by one in the Ghee (normal temperature )

8 . Take out in a different plate .

9. Repeat this with all the Gharis and put in a big plate. Allow them to rest in the fridge for some hours until you see the Ghee is frozen. You can see in the image below how it starts looking

10 . Take out from the Fridge and Garnish with Pistachio .

Hope you all try this recipe

Recipe by and pictures by :

Falguni Lakdawala .