Pastry filled with Cream or Malai Khaaja

By ParsiCuisine.com 1 comment

Malai Khaaja are a treat in India, missing these in USA, I made these  and they are slightly different, but they do satisfy the malai khaaja craving! 

Malai Khaaja
Malai Khaaja

Recipe 

Ingredients

1 heavy cream carton. Small size of 8 oz.

1 tin evaporated milk

1 lb. Mava / Khoya

3 tsp Sugar or to taste

1 tsp Elaichi Cardamom powder or to taste

1/2 tsp Nutmeg powder or to taste.

3 threads of Saffron or to taste.

(Note I prefer only cardamon/elaichi)

12 Pastry Shells of Phyllo dough.

Heat the cream.

Add evaporated milk, mava or khoya.

When it boils and becomes thick, add sugar, elaichi / cardamon and rest of the ingredients.

Add almonds and or pistachios. (optional)

Cook everything together and remove from stove.

Fill in the mixture in the pre-baked puff pastry shells as shown.

Sprinkle finely chopped almonds and pistachios on the top.

Serve within 7 days.

 

1 Comment

Megala

Oct 10, 2019, 11:39 am

Wow! These look so cute & delicious!

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