Maleeda (Healthy Tasty delicious) Gur ka malida

Malida is a traditional sweet confection made out of leftover parathas or rotis by crumbling and pounding them coarsely and stir-frying them with ghee, sugar, dry fruits and nuts. It is most popular in the northern region of India and Pakistan.


For Dough:
2 cup (250 grams) wheat flour, (atta)2 cup (250 grams) wheat flour, (atta)
½ cup clarified butter, (ghee) plus 7 tablespoons for assembling½ cup clarified butter, (ghee) plus 7 tablespoons for assembling
4 tablespoon semolina, (sooji)4 tablespoon semolina, (sooji)
2 tablespoon milk powder, optional2 tablespoon milk powder, optional
1 pinch salt1 pinch salt
¼ cup milk¼ cup milk
Water, as required water, as required
Oil or ghee, to fryOil or ghee, to fry

Other
½ teaspoon cardamom powder½ teaspoon cardamom powder
¼ cup pistachio, crushed in bits¼ cup pistachio, crushed in bits
¼ cup almond, crushed in bits¼ cup almond, crushed in bits
¼ cup pumpkin seeds, (char magaz)¼ cup pumpkin seeds, (char magaz)
½ cup gum, (goond) crushed in bits½ cup gum, (goond) crushed in bits