Chirote Recipe | Diwali Faral | Authentic Maharashtrian Sweet | Recipe by Archana in Marathi

Chirote is one of the most popular sweet snacks made during Diwali. Learn how to make the best crunchy Chirote recipe from our chef Archana on Ruchkar Mejwani.

Ingredients:

For Dough
3/4th Cup All Purpose Flour
1/4th Cup Semolina
2-3 tbsp Hot Ghee
Water

For Stuffing
2 tbsp Ghee
Cornflour as required

1 Cup Powdered Sugar
Ghee for deep frying
Almonds & Pistachios for garnishing

Method:

- To make the dough in a large bowl add all purpose flour, semolina & hot ghee. Mix everything well with a spoon.
- Then add water as required to make a soft dough. Mix well.
- Keep this dough aside for 10 minutes.
- In the meanwhile start making the filling. In a small bowl add ghee. Mix the ghee with your palms.
- Then add corn flour and again mix well. Make a creamy and smooth paste. Keep this paste aside.
- Take the dough and divide it into three equal parts.
- Start rolling out thin chapatis from each dough.
- Apply the mixture of ghee & corn flour to each chapati and place it on top of another as shown in the video.
- Roll the chapatis and close the ends.
- Cut equal size rolls. Roll the portion to make a medium size chirota.
- Deep fry the chirote one by one.
- In a bowl add powdered sugar. Dip the chirote in the powdered sugar. Make sure they well coated with the sugar.
- Garnish the chirote with almonds and pistachios.