KAJA sweet recipe / Madatha Kaja

KAJA sweet - this sweet is very popular in ANDHRA, it is a "Special" delicacy - it is also popularly known as "Madatha Kaja" or Layered sweet - tastes yummy, very easy recipe, When you have festivals moments, special occasions with friends and family - DO NOT forget to add this sweet dish. A good "Kaja" just melts in the mouth and taste is all in the layers of the sweet, i bet the taste will stay for few days ....

It was my little boy 2nd birthday and i made Kaja sweet on that day- he likes sweets so much and  BTW our family name is "KAJA" too  ... it is a place near  Guntur, AP, India and is also the popular sweet name. My Father-in-law used to gift friends n family with "KAJA" sweet boxes for all Festive occasions(especially the grand kids used to like them so much ... ) .... we are continuing the same and it became our family traditional sweet dish .. sharing the "KAJA" sweet recipe ....

INGREDIENTS:

• Maida - All purpose flour - 1 cup
• Baking Soda - 0.5 spoon
• Ghee - 2 spoons
• Rice Flour - 2 spoons
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Water - 1.25 cup
• Oil for frying
• Elaiche powder ( cinnamon powder if you like)

PREPARaTION: Time : 20 minutes

• Mix the all purpose flour with 1 spoon of Ghee and 1 cup of water. 
• Keep it aside for about 10 minutes or so
• Prepare the Sugar Syrup by adding water and sugar - you need to get a "single" string for the sugar syrup
• Make small balls out of the dough and roll them thin like how we do pressing chapathis
• Take 2 Chapathis at a time, place one on top of the other and add little ghee in between and roll them like a mat ..
• Take a knife and cut the roll into fine pieces about 1 cm size
• Press the cut rolls in the center so they come out nice, long elongated
• Add oil in a pan, heat and add these rolls slowly into the oil
• Occasionally stir in between and so take them out when you see the color of the rolls turning golden brown and then you can take them out
• Add the fryed KAJA rolls directly in the sugar syrup
• Remove from Sugar syrup and serve the sweet 
• Some even add a clove and press the kaja well so that it won't split at the ends - even for presentation it looks very nice
• Chitti Kajas are the ones that are small in size, same recipe - cut the kaja rolls as 0.5 cm or less ... 

This Awesome layered Kaja sweet and make sure the sweetness is in all layers of the sweet ... i bet will lasts till the last bite of it - Try this mouth watering delicacy at home and let me know how it came out - do not forget to post your comments.