Sweet Mangalore Delicacy!

MANDO /CHOWDA
This sweet is our famous konkani delicacy. It's called Mando by Mangaloreans and Chowda by Karwar konkanis. My grandmother used to make this during Diwali festival and we kids used to relish this yummy sweet! I prepared it on diwali festival last year (2009) with the recipe from my aunty( mom's sister ) over the phone!

You will need:
2 cups of all purpose flour( maida)
1/2 tsp Salt
3/4 cup water

For the filling:
1/2 cup Powdered sugar
2 tsp Cardomom powder
2 tsp Grated copra( dried coconut)

Oil for frying.

Method:
Add a pinch of salt to the all purpose flour and kneed it slowly by adding water carefully. Keep the dough aside.
Make the filling by mixing powdered sugar , powdered cardomom and grated copra together in a small container and keep it aside.

You need to make small balls( approximately table-tennis size balls) from the dough you had kept aside.Take one ball and roll it into a smooth round ball with the palm of your hands.Then press it flat.Roll it out with a rolling pin to form an even round discs. Make about 20 round discs and keep aside.

Heat the oil in a pan. Wait till the oil heats up well.
Now fry the round discs one by one. The method of frying is such that you put in the disc in the oil and turn it around and take it out of the oil . Keep it on a tissue paper and immedietly when hot put the powdered filling on it and fold it .( first make a small fold on the top and then fold it across to get the shape as shown in the picture) Here again you have to be quick in filling and folding the fried disc when it is hot esle it becomes hard and difficult to fold once it cools down..


And the sweet is ready to RELISH!!!!