Bengali Sweet Nikuti

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Cottage cheese
• 1 tbsp Refined Flour
• 1 tbsp Semolina
• 1 tbsp Milk powder
• 1 tbsp Ghee
• 1/2 tsp Baking soda
• as required Oil for frying
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1-2 cardamom
• 1 pinch saffron

Steps

1. Take 1/2 cup Cottage cheese,1 tbsp Semolina,1 tbsp milk powder,ghee,1 tbsp refined flour for binding and add 1/2 tsp Baking soda.
2. Mix together well.Mash it for at least 10 mins otherwise it may be broken.
3. Now make small balls and shape it oval.
4. Now take oil in a pan and put it in medium flame.
5. Put the oval balls into it and fry until it becomes golden brown.
6. Remove from the pan and keep aside.
7. Next make sugar syrup.
8. Take 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar and boil it.Add pinch of saffron (optional).
9. Add 2 Cardamoms and put the fried sweets.
10. Now remove it from the pan and keep it in a bowl for 30 mins.
11. Then remove it from the sugar syrup and serve it.