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kakinada kaja recipe: step by step photos. kakinada kaja is my most favorite sweet. Of course kakinada kaja is favorite sweet for all of us. In my childhood, every time I am very much awaited to eat kakinada khaja sweet. Every time while I am enjoying this kakinada kaja sweet I wonder how they will prepare this delicious kakinada khaja sweet. So this time I prepared this kakinada kaja for all of us and they came out very well.

some other sweets recipes like madatha kaja sweet, pumpkin halwa, sooji halwa, rava laddu, coconut laddu

I enjoyed kakinada kaja a lot with my family, So you.

kakinada kaja ingredients

1. All purpose flour / maida – 3/4^th cup & some more for sprinkling
2. Besan / chick pea flour – 1/4^th cup
3. Sugar – 3/4^th – 1 cup (as per your taste)
4. Ghee – 2 tbsp
5. Water – ½ cup for kneading the dough & ½ cup for syrup
6. Cardamom – 2 pods
7. Lemon juice – 3/4^th tbsp
8. Salt – a pinch
9. Baking soda – ½ tbsp
10. Oil for deep frying

how to make kakinada khaja recipe with step by step photos

• Take bowl add maida, besan, salt, baking soda, ghee & mix nicely.

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  kakinada khaja recipe

• Now add water & knead like soft dough.

  kakinada khaja recipe

• Rest the dough for atleast 3 hrs.

  KAKINADA KHAJA RECIPE

• Now divide the dough into medium size balls.

  KAKINADA KAJA

• Sprinkle some maida on a plate / any flat surface/ rolling board.

  KAKINADA KAJA

• Now take one dough ball & roll it vertically like long rope.

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• Now slightly press the dough with your fingers to flatten it.

  KAKINADA KAJA RECIPE

  KAKINADA KHAJA RECIPE

• Divide the dough into desired portions with the help of knife.

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• In the mean time heat oil for deep frying.
• Now test the oil is in correct temperature or not for frying kajas by adding a small pinch of dough, if that comes up in few seconds means oil is perfect for frying.
• Now add kajas one by one and fry them on medium flame until you get nice golden color.

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• While frying the kaja rotate the oil with long spoon to get even color to all the kajas.

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  KAKINADA KAJA

• Repeat the same for the rest of the kajas.
• In the mean time, prepare the sugar syrup.
• Take a bowl / kadai (keep wider one) add sugar, water and heat the syrup.

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• After you switched on the stove immediately add lemon juice to avoid crystallization of sugar.
• Once sugar dissolved in water add cardamom.
• Boil the syrup until you get nice sticky texture (switch off the stove before you get single strand consistency).

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  add caradamom

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• Now add all the fried kajas one by one slowly.

  KAKINADA KAJA RECIPE

• After adding the kajas immerse them into syrup & press them for 30 seconds in sugar syrup.

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• Soak the kajas in sugar syrup for 40 min.

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  KAKINADA KAJA RECIPE

Now serve this delicious & lovely kakinada kaja with your family & friends.

Caution:

• Don’t add more lemon juice.
• Fry the kaja on medium flame only.
• Soak them in sugar syrup for minimum 40 min.