Bhopal Gharge / Pumpkin Cookies

 

Recipe:  Bhopal Gharge / Pumpkin Cookies

Cooking time:  50 mins

Level:  Easy

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About the Recipe: Bhopal Gharge is a very well-known dish in Maharashtra. Its sweet but still can be enjoyed as a snack. It is simple to cook and is liked by everyone.  

Nutrient Benefit:  It’s a low calorie dish and can be enjoyed as a dessert with no sugar. Jaggery is healthier than sugar.   

Ingredients:

Pumpkin (Shredded)	1 big bowl
Wheat flour	3 to 4 Cups
Jaggery	½ Cup
Ghee (Butter)	2 tbsp.
Oil (EVOO)	For frying

Directions:

• In a deep pan take 2 tbsp. of Ghee or butter.
• Once the Ghee is heated put the shredded pumpkin in the pan. And keep on mixing till it becomes tender.
• Once pumpkin is tender add ½ cup jaggery in the pan. Mix it till the jaggery melts and gels with pumpkin.
• Take the mixture off the heat, and allow it to cool. (Approx. 10 min)
• Once cooled, add the flour to the mixture to form dough. (Start by adding little amount of flour and keep adding the flour until the mixture turns into soft dough like we make for preparing Rotis)
•  Make small round shape balls of the dough and roll it into shape of a cookie.
• Heat some oil and fry the cookies till it turns light brown.
• You can enjoy it either hot or cooled to room temperature.       

Variations:

• Those who want to avoid deep frying can try baking the rolled cookies in oven. Apply Ghee or butter on both sides of the cookie and heat at approx. 350 °F for about 20 min. In between turn it over once around 10 min since the start.