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Mahua Pua

Sweet pancake made from mahua flower and wheat flour fried in ghee. Kaimur tribal seasonal sweet from dried mahua flowers.

Ise mahua puwa, mahua pua pitha naam se bhi khoja jata hai.

Time 25 min · Serves 6 · 399 kcal · Kaimur, Bihar

Ingredients

Method

  1. Wash the dried mahua and soak in warm water for 2 hours.
  2. Boil the mahua in the soaking water until soft, then mash.
  3. Melt jaggery into the warm mahua pulp.
  4. Mix in atta, fennel and cardamom to a thick batter.
  5. Rest the batter for 30 minutes.
  6. Heat ghee and pour small ladles of batter into it.
  7. Fry both sides until deep brown, then drain.

Common questions

Mahua Pua ko English mein kya kehte hain?
कैमूर महुआ पूआ ko English mein Mahua Pua likhte hain.
Ek plate Mahua Pua mein kitni calories hoti hain?
399 kcal per plate.
Kitna time lagta hai?
25 min lagta hai — 15 min taiyari, 10 min pakana.

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