Celebrate Holi 2025 with the traditional Sindhi Ghevar (Gheeyar)! This easy recipe is a mixture of crispy layers, sweet syrup, and fragrant rose petals. This makes it the perfect festive dessert for your celebration. Tap to read!
Ingredients
One cup maida, one tsp sour yoghurt, one cup sugar, half cup water, half teaspoon lemon juice, as required saffron, a pinch orange colour, half ghee, as required rose petals for garnishing.
Prepare the Ghevar Batter
Take a bowl, prepare a mixture of maida, sour yoghurt, water, lemon juice, saffron, and orange colour. Stir it till it gets a smooth batter.
Heat the Ghee
In a deep frying pan, heat ghee. Here ghee should be hot but not smoking, ideal for frying the Ghevar.
Fry the Ghevar
Place the batter into the hot ghee, it should form a circular shape. Let it cook till it is crispy and golden on both the sides.
Prepare the Sugar Syrup
Take a separate pan and make sugar syrup by boiling sugar with water. Add lemon juice and cook till it gets thickens.Prepare the Sugar Syrup Take a separate pan and make sugar syrup by boiling sugar with water. Add lemon juice and cook till it gets thickens.
Assemble and Garnish
After the Ghevar is fried, dip it in the sugar syrup. Afterwards, garnish with rose petals. Let it cool before serving.
Information credits
This recipe is sourced from the Cookpad’s website, which offers homemade recipes. You can make alterations to this recipe to suit your needs and taste.