Chavada (Mandige/Mande)

Ingredients 

• 4 cup all purpose flour ( Maida)
• ½ cup oil.
• Oil for frying
• 1 cup dry grated coconut
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 tsp cardamom powder
• 1 tsp khu- khus
• 1 tsp white sesame seeds
• ¼ tsp nutmeg powder. (optional)
• Water to knead the dough.
• Pinch of salt.

Method

1. Make hard dough with all purpose flour, ½ cup oil and a pinch of salt. With enough water to make a dough like chapatti dough. Rest the dough for 30 mins.
2. Dry roast grated dry coconut, sesame seeds and khus-khus till the coconut if nice and crispy. Do not burn the mixture. Once cooled add powdered sugar and cardamom powder and nutmeg powder (optional) and keep aside.
3. Make small balls and roll them into small thin chapattis. Ensure that the chapattis are as thin as possible.
4. Heat oil and reduce the flame to medium. Fry each chapatti one at a time, do not over fry them, else they will become stiff and cannot be shaped.
5. Dry on a kitchen towel and fill one side of the chapatti with sugar mixture when it’s hot. Fold the chapatti into a semicircle and then fold it again to make it look like a triangle.
6. Cool completely and store.