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Punjab · Dessert

Mawa Cake

Traditional 45. Mawa Cake recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• 340g mawa/khoya, grated
• 100g all-purpose flour (maida)
• 80ml ghee
• 120g sugar
• 60ml milk
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp cardamom powder
• 30g nuts, chopped

👩‍🍳 How to make Mawa Cake

1. Cream ghee & sugar (2 mins): Mix ghee and sugar until light and fluffy (visual cue: mixture becomes light, creamy, pale).
2. Add mawa (2 mins): Add grated mawa, mix thoroughly (visual cue: mixture is uniform, no lumps).
3. Add milk (1 min): Add milk and mix well (visual cue: mixture becomes creamy, smooth).
4. Prepare dry ingredients (1 min): Mix flour with baking powder (visual cue: uniform mixture).
5. Fold (2 mins): Gently fold dry ingredients into wet mixture. Add cardamom powder and nuts (visual cue: batter is smooth, lump-free).
6. Bake (20 mins, 350F/175C): Transfer to greased pan, bake at 350F for 20 minutes until toothpick comes out clean (visual cue: golden brown surface, springy when touched, toothpick clean).
7. Cool (10 mins): Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then cut into 16 pieces (visual cue: still warm, moist crumb).

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