easy paal cake recipe | eggless soft & juicy milk cake | malabar milk cake
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 45 minutes
- Total time: 175 minutes
- Yield: 25 pieces
- Category: sweet
- Cuisine: kerala
Ingredients
for paal cake:
- 1 cup milk powder (unsweetened)
- 1½ cup maida
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- warm milk (for kneading)
- oil (for frying)
for sugar syrup:
- 1½ cup sugar
- 2 pods cardamom
- 1½ cup water
Method
- firstly, in a large bowl take 1 cup milk powder, 1½ cup maida, ¼ tsp cardamom powder and ½ tsp baking powder.
- mix well making sure everything is well combined.
- add 2 tbsp ghee and mix forming a moist flour.
- add ½ cup warm milk and start to knead.
- knead to a smooth and soft dough adding milk as required.
- roll the dough to slightly thick thickness.
- now cut into a rectangular shape using a scale to get a perfect size.
- drop into hot oil and fry on low flame.
- stir occasionally and fry until it turns golden brown.
- drain off the pieces to remove excess oil. keep aside.
- in a large vessel take 1½ cup sugar, 2 pods cardamom and 1½ cup water.
- stir and boil for 5 minutes or until sugar syrup turns sticky. do not attain 1 string consistency.
- now pour hot sugar syrup over the fried pieces.
- dip completely, and allow to soak for 2 hours or until the pieces absorb the sugar syrup.
- finally, enjoy paal cake garnished with chopped nuts.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.