A delicious Karwa Chauth special recipe for making sweet Mathri with a crispy texture. These are made with all-purpose flour, ghee, and flavored with saffron and cardamom syrup, perfect for the festive occasion.
1: In a bowl, add flour and ghee and mix it. Add water as needed to make a semi soft dough. Cover the dough with a damp cloth. Let it rest for at least 15-20 minutes.
2: Divide the dough into around 8 equal parts. Roll the dough into balls. With a rolling pin, roll each ball into circles, keeping them a little thick. Prick the rolled out dough on both sides with a fork.
3: Heat at least one inch of ghee in a frying pan over low to medium heat.
4: Fry the mathris until both sides are a light golden-brown.
5: For sweet mathri, make syrup by boiling water and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Let it boil for about 2 minutes until sticky.
6: Add saffron strands and green cardamom powder to the syrup and mix well.
7: Dip the phiki mathri one at a time into the syrup ensuring it's coated on all sides.
8: Garnish with chopped almonds, pistachios, edible silver leaves, and rose petals.
9: Store the mathris in an airtight container where they should be good for a month.
