MOTA DANA JAIPUR SWEET DISH

Prep Time  : 25 mins
Cooking Time  : 45 mins
Serve  : 4

INGREDIENTS
Split yellow urad dal   -  1/2 cup
Sugar  -  2 cup
Cardamom powder  -  1 tbsp
Baking powder  -  a pinch
Vanilla essence  -  1 tsp
Clarified butter  -  for frying

METHOD
Soak split dal for 3 - 4 hours and grind to make a fine paste.
Whisk the split urad dal paste till light and fluffy.
Add baking powder and vanilla essence and mix well.
In this sweet dish make two types of sugar syrup.
First we heat 1/2 cup of water and 3/4 cup of sugar in a pan till sugar dissolves.
Make one stir consistency,add cardamom powder.
And second one is three stir consistency.
Heat remaining sugar and 1/2 cup of water in a pan till sugar dissolves to make thick sugar syrup or three stir consistenc and add cardamom powder..
Heat clarified butter in a pan.
Deep fry the urad dal ball until golden n crispy on a low flame.
Strain it and dip in the one stir sugar syrup consistency and leave it for 15 - 20 mins.
After 20 mins remove the urad dal fried ball from one stir sugar consistency and add in the thick sugar syrup or three stir consistency and cook for one to two mins.
Now mota dana is ready to eat.