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Kakinada Kaja

Traditional 4. Kakinada Kaja recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• Maida flour 2 cups (300g)
• salt ¼ tsp (1g)
• ghee 4 tbsp (60g)
• water 1 cup
• jaggery ¾ cup (150g)
• sesame seeds 1 tbsp (10g)
• cardamom ½ tsp (2g) ground
• oil for frying
• sugar syrup (1 cup sugar + ½ cup water)

👩‍🍳 How to make Kakinada Kaja

1. Make dough: flour + salt + ghee + water.
2. Knead well, rest 1 hr.
3. Roll out paper-thin, spread jaggery + sesame + cardamom.
4. Roll up.
5. Coil.
6. Deep fry at 180°C until golden.
7. Immediately dip in warm sugar syrup.

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