Churma (Sweet Crushed Wheat Ghee Stir-fry, Street Style)
Desert Peoples Golden Sweets! Sweet dunes of crushed wheat saturated with ghee and brown sugar
Description
Rajasthan state traditional rustic sweet crushing hard-baked whole wheat doughs (Baati) to pieces, mixing with massive Ghee (clarified butter), Jaggery (brown sugar), and nuts.
Restaurants serving Churma (Sweet Crushed Wheat Ghee Stir-fry, Street Style)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Whole wheat baked dough
- Ghee
- Jaggery(Brown sugar)
- Cardamom
- Almond
- Cashew nuts
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients]
- whole wheat hard baked doughs (Baati),
- tbsp Ghee,
- tbsp Jaggery (brown sugar/powdered sugar), 1/
- tsp cardamom powder,
- tbsp crushed almonds/cashews.
- At Rajasthan stalls/diners, prepare whole wheat doughs (Baati) baked rock-hard like stones over charcoal.
- Mercilessly crush this hard Baati to pieces using hands (or mortar) until like coarse sand grains.
- Put crushed whole wheat sand mountain in bowl (or iron pot), pouring massive hot Ghee (clarified butter) like a parent's sworn enemy into it.
- When powder absorbs Ghee to the limit turning moist golden, add Jaggery (unrefined brown sugar), noble-scented cardamom powder, massive crushed nuts, mixing evenly rubbing by hand.
- Plate heapingly in small bowl (or grip tightly by hand into round balls) to serve. Whole wheat savory crunchiness, Jaggery deep sweet richness, and Ghee mellow milk fat aroma integrate in mouth—a calorie chunk yet unstoppable sacred desert dessert.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Cardamom
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Crush whole wheat biscuits mixing melted butter/brown sugar (texture/taste sub)
Pairing
Dal Baati(Spicy bean soup/bread set)
Trivia
[Hardcore] Super-important item constituting the 3-piece set (bean soup/bread/sweet) of Rajasthan local dish 'Dal Baati Churma'. Born from wisdom to long-term store calories without water in deserts. Rustic looks, but unusual massive Ghee amount used makes post-meal satisfaction (and guilt) top-class among Indian sweets.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Right after eating salty/spicy 'Dal (bean soup)' and hard bread, mix this super-sweet Churma with fingers on the same plate, enjoying sweet/spicy chaos!
Allergen
Wheat, Dairy (Ghee), Tree nuts