Aata Pua Recipe
Aata Pua Recipe is a soft no resting Gur Ka Pua made with wheat flour, sooji, milk, and jaggery. This traditional festive sweet is lightly crisp outside and soft inside, perfect for Holi and special occasions.
Servings 10 pua
Calories 94kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup wheat flour
- 1 tbsp sooji
- 1/3 cup jaggery
- 1 cup milk + 2 tbsp
- Dry coconut chopped , as needed
- cashew chopped, as needed
- Fennel seeds as needed
- Cardamom powder optional
- Oil or ghee for deep frying
Instructions
- In a bowl, add wheat flour and sooji.
- Add jaggery and mix.
- Pour milk gradually and mix to form a smooth batter of medium consistency.(Keep mixing the batter in one direction for 7 to 10 minutes until it becomes smooth and slightly airy. This helps you get soft, jalidaar pua when frying.)
- Add coconut, cashew, fennel seeds, and cardamom powder. Mix well.
- Heat oil or ghee on medium flame.
- Pour the batter at one place in the oil. It will automatically spread and puff slightly like a poori.
- Once it puffs and starts cooking, then pour the batter for the next pua. Follow the same method for the third. Do not overcrowd the pan. Depending on the size of the kadhai, you can fry 3 to 4 pua at a time without overcrowding the pan.
- Fry on medium heat until golden brown on both sides.
- Remove and drain on paper towel. Serve warm.
Notes
The batter should be medium consistency. If it is too thin, the pua will spread too much and soak oil. If it is too thick, it may remain raw inside.
Always maintain medium heat. Very high flame will brown the outside quickly but leave the inside undercooked.
Pour the batter at one place in the oil. It will automatically spread and puff slightly. Do not try to spread it with a spoon.
Once one pua puffs and starts cooking, then pour the batter for the next one.
Avoid adding too many at once, as it reduces the oil temperature.
For best taste and texture, try to finish within 2 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 94kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 10mg | Potassium: 53mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 40IU | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 1mg