How to make Alutua -
This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.
Main Ingredients : Sweet potato (शक्करकंद), Sugar (चीनी)
Cuisine : Bengali
Course : Mithais
You can also find more Mithais recipes like Moong Dal Payasam Khajur Ghughra Kesar Pista Phirni Kong Firin
Alutua Recipe Card
Hindi: Aloo
Why is it that when you are stuck at “what should we cook today” the answer is always “make some aloo!” Potatoes are like this…extremely popular and have multipurpose usage.
Well, don’t – it is a surprising source of vitamin C and provides useful amounts of starch, thiamine and niacin and around a hundred grams will provide about eighty calories.
Little did you know!
Prep Time : 6-10 minutes
Cook time : 26-30 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Moderate
Taste : Sweet
Ingredients for Alutua Recipe
Sweet potato boiled and mashed 3 medium
Sugar 1 cup
Refined flour (maida) 1/2 cup
Soda bicarbonate 1/2 teaspoon
Ghee 1 tablespoon
Raisins 12
Oil to deep fry
Method
Step 1
Boil sugar with one cup of water till a syrup of one string consistency is formed. Keep it warm. Sieve refined flour with soda bicarbonate. Rub in ghee. Add this to the mashed sweet potatoes.
Step 2
Knead well. In case the mixture feels soft, add a little more flour. Make twelve lemon sized balls and stuff one raisin in each. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai. When the oil begins to smoke, take off the heat, put in few balls at a time.
Step 3
The oil begins to smoke, take off the heat, put in few balls at a time. Put on medium heat again and fry till golden brown. Drain and put the balls in the syrup and keep aside for two to three hours. Alutuas can be served hot as well as cold
Nutrition Info
Calories : 606 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 130.425 gm
Protein : 7.08 gm
Fat : 20.92 gm
Other : 1.505
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