Ingredients

• 1 kg - Refined flour or maida
• 6 - Eggs beaten well
• 2 cups - Thick coconut milk
• 1/2 tsp - Salt
• 300 g - Sugar
• 1 tsp - Baking powder
• Oil for Deep Frying .

How to Make Festive Sweets & Treats: Kalkals

• Combine the flour, salt, sugar and baking powder.
• Now add the coconut milk and eggs and knead into a soft dough.
• Keep aside for an hour.
• Form kalkals by taking small lumps of the dough.
• Roll them on the back of a fork or a wooden kalkal mould, to form a scroll.
• Alternately, roll out the dough and cut into fancy shapes with kalkal or cookie cutters.
• Now heat oil in a deep pan and fry as many kalkals as possible at a time.
• Keep aside.
• To ice the kalkals, melt 1 cup of sugar with 1/2 cup of water.
• When the sugar syrup crystallizes pour over the kalkalas.
• Mix well.
• Store in airtight boxes when cold.
• Recipe Courtesy: Anglo-Indian Recipes