Rainbow Spiral Cookies – Holi Special Recipes

         Holi is a multi colorful festival. Why not make a snack with suits the mood?Rainbow spiral cookie has multiple colors and make it very attractive.

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Recipe Cuisine: International | Recipe Category: Baking

Preparation Time: 15 mins  | Cooking Time: 15 mins | Yields: 10-12 cookies

Ingredients:

Maida	1 cup
Butter	½ cup
Icing Sugar	1/3 cup
Boiled Cold Milk	2 tbsp
Food Colors (Red, Green, Blue and Yellow)	½ tsp in each colors

Procedure:

1. Beat the butter with electric beater or balloon wire whisk till it becomes fluffy.

2. Then add icing sugar and milk, mix them well. Then beat till it reaches fluffy consistency.

3. Now add the maida little by little and mix them well. Knead it into a soft and pliable dough.

4. Divide the dough into 4 equal parts.

5. Add four colors to four parts of the dough separately. Then mix them well till the colors mix with the dough.

6. Now make gooseberry sized balls from each color dough. Make equal number of balls in each colors.

7. Now take one balls from each of the four colors and make a single ball from these 4 balls gently.

8. Now roll the dough and make 2mm thickness rope.

9. Then make wheels with 4-5 circles from this rope. Make wheels without gap.

10. You can make all the color dough(from 6) into wheels (from 7-9).

11. Arrange the wheels on the baking tray. Keep ½ inch gap between the wheels.

12. Preheat the oven for 180 degree Celsius.

13. Bake the cookies for 10 mins at 170 degree Celsius.  Allow it to cool down and then serve.

    Colorful and yummiest cookies are ready to celebrate Holi!

Note:

1. The individual colors is of your choice.

2. You can use as many colors as you want.

3. The number of circles in the wheels can be as much as you want.

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Chiroti / Chirote | Holi Recipes

Chiroti is a famous sweet in Karnataka and Maharashtra states. 

When I was thinking of preparing a colorful sweet for Holi, I thought of making Cheroti in multi-colour. I remember seeing a Chiroti in tri-colour of Indian Flag in a TV program 15 years back.

Recipe Cuisine : Karnataka | Recipe Category: Indian Sweets

Preparation Time: 20 mins  | Cooking Time: 15 mins | Yields: 20 nos.

Ingredients:

For Poori:
Maida	1 cup
Ghee	1 tbsp
Salt	A pinch
Water	As Required
4 Food Colors (optional)	½ tsp in each color
For Paste:
Rice Flour or Corn Flour	2 tbsp
Melted Butter	2 tbsp
For Syrup:
Sugar	½ cup
Water	½ cup
Cardamom	1
For Deep Fry:
Oil	As Required

Procedure:

1. In a wide bowl, add maida, salt and 2 tbsp of ghee. Mix them well with your fingers. Now this should look like a bread crumbs.

2. Then add water little by little and knead it into a soft dough.

3.  Divide this dough into 4 equal parts. Add different food colors to each ball and make atleast 4 different color dough. Keep it aside for 30 mins.

4. Meanwhile, add rice flour and melted ghee in a small bowl. Mix them well and make them into smooth paste. Add more ghee till you bring it into paste consistency.

5. For sugar syrup add the sugar and water in a heavy bottom pan. Cook in a medium heat till the syrup reaches single string consistency. Then add either cardamom or cardamom powder. Mix them well and keep it aside.

6. Now roll the 4 colors dough into 4 rotis using dry flour.

7. Apply rice flour paste (from 4) over the rotis.

8. Now place one color roti over another color roti. Again place 3rd color roti over the previous rotis. Again place the 4th color roti over these rotis.

9. Now roll these rotis gently into a single log. At its end apply water and roll them tightly.

10. Now cut this log into ½ inch thickness circles.

11. Again roll these rotis into a small circles using the rolling pin.

12. Now heat the oil in a frying pan and slide the roti. After few seconds, press it with  the help of the ladle. After few seconds, turn over it carefully and fry the roti till it turns into golden on both sides. Then take it out from the oil and drain the oil using the tissue paper.

13. Then immediately immerse the hot chiroti in the sugar syrup. Allow it for few seconds to absorb the sugar syrup and take it out from the syrup and keep it aside.

14. You can do these two steps (12 and 13) for all the rotis.

      Colorful and tasty Chiroti is ready to serve.

Note:

1. Using colors is optional. You can make Chiroti without colors too.

2. You can use powdered sugar instead of sugar syrup. If you can use powdered sugar, immediately sprinkle the sugar after take the roti out from the oil

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