Ghevar (Rajasthani Honeycomb Fritter)

Ghevar is an Indian delicacy originally from the state of Rajasthan. It is made with a round mold and has a crispy but porous texture. The following recipe has been entered with inputs from Tarla Dalal recipe book.
Ingredients
Sugar syrup
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- ½ cup water
Ghevar
- 1 ¾ cups (200 grams) plain flour (maida)
- 1 tbsp (10 grams) arrowroot starch or cornstarch
- ¼ cup melted ghee, cooled
- A few drops kewda essence (extract of Pandanus flower)
Steps
Sugar syrup
- Combine sugar and water in saucepan. Simmer to 1-string consistency syrup.
- Remove from heat. Keep warm.
Ghevar
- Combine flour, arrowroot and melted ghee in bowl.
- Add 1 cup water in thin stream, very gradually, whisking continuously. Form an emulsion; water and ghee must not separate.
- Add 2 more cups water in thin stream, whisking continuously. Ghee and water must not separate.
- Batter should be very thin coating consistency, a little thinner than crêpe batter. Add more water if required. Keep batter in cool place away from heat.
- Add melted ghee to kadhai or other pot/pan. If desired, place ghevar mould or metal ring mould in pan. Ghee should reach ¾ of mould height.
- Heat pan over medium heat. Pour a ladleful of batter in very thin stream into centre of mould. Batter should froth and move toward edges.
- When froth subsides, add another spoonful to centre in thin stream. If batter builds up in centre, push toward edges with skewer to keep a hole in centre. Repeat seven times.
- Increase heat. Pour a few ladlefuls of hot ghee into centre to help ghevar cook.
- When centre is firm and cooked and whole thing is golden brown, insert wooden skewer in centre. Pull ghevar gently out of ghee. Drip off excess ghee.
- Immerse ghevar in sugar syrup. Drain quickly. Place on serving plate.
- Repeat cooking with remaining batter to make 9 pieces.
Notes from the original
- A mould is not required to cook the ghevar; if the pot containing the ghee has a small enough diameter, it will act as the mold to shape the ghevar.
- Usually ghevar is served with piping hot rabri, a variety of very thick sweetened milk.
Source. Adapted from “Cookbook:Ghevar (Rajasthani Honeycomb Fritter)” by Wikibooks contributors, revision of 2025-06-21, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Changes. Steps rewritten into short commands. Introduction shortened. Wiki formatting removed. This adapted recipe is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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