Chickpea Square or Indian Pea Yellow (Chana maga)
Nonsense written in the front: In order to celebrate Dou Xiaoguo’s 5th birthday, I have been thinking about making something delicious. I happened to buy something strange at the supermarket, that is, chickpea noodles, so I came to turn it into a delicacy. I found a master-level Chana magaj recipe on the Internet, isn’t this a square “bean fruit”? ! Hurry up and get it to share. This dessert is the Indian version of “pea yellow”. The taste is fine and milky. The original recipe used 500g of sugar and 500g of bean noodles, but in view of the proportion of foreign diabetic diabetes, I reduced the amount to 100g, which is sweet enough! Speaking of which, when I went out to drink coffee with Ah San, I usually ordered lattes without sugar, and Ah San girls added the least 4 pieces of sugar, which is worthy of being an open nation! ! This dessert is a traditional dessert for Indians during the holidays, and it is easy to make it yourself when eaten with milk tea. In the traditional sense, it is also decorated with dyed and silver foil-wrapped almonds, so you can avoid eating it yourself! (Actually, I mainly forgot to buy almonds!) Chickpeas are a type of bean that is eaten in large quantities in Western society, rich in legume protein and cellulose, and can also help girls regulate endocrine and breast enlargement effects!
The practice of chanamaga
Step 1
Pour the bean noodles into a large bowl and add the sugar and whole milk (or cream). Use your hands or whisk to evenly distribute.
Step 2
Add nutmeg powder and salt to the mixture. The measurement method I use in Kangaroo Country is 5ml. Don’t ask me about the weight, I didn’t buy a scale! If there is a color difference in the front and back pictures, it is a light problem, and I started doing it in the middle of the night. After the things are reconciled, they are basically dry powder. Pinch it hard, and there will be a small lump formed.
Step 3
Melt the butter in the pan. Once again, complain that Ah San’s diet is extremely unhealthy. The original recipe is 400ml butter (they use ghee, which is the “ghee” used by compatriots in Inner Mongolia, Tibet.) Personally, I feel that it is no different from ordinary butter. When I saw the recipe, I felt like I had cholecystitis. So only 250g was used.
Step 4
Pour the mixed bean noodles into the melted butter and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes. During this maturation process, stir constantly with a spoon. The final product is golden brown.
Step 5
Next comes my favorite part: adding dry milk powder. In other words, the milk powder of the self-service brand of Kangaroo National Supermarket is very rich, and I can’t help but steal a bite. Indian aunts are all directly involved in this process. I said that my paws were afraid of being hot, and I put on my claws after half an hour of cooling.
Step 6
The final mixed bean noodles are still relatively loose, but you can grab a large lump.
Step 7
Line a large cookie baking sheet (or follow me, with a large lunch box), pour in the mixture, roughly flatten it with your hands, and then find something with a flat bottom (such as a cup) to level the surface thoroughly.
Step 8
In this way, most of the process is completed. When it cools down completely, you can cut it into pieces and enjoy. But the cooldown time is at least 3 hours (please adjust it yourself according to the season). So as a lazy person, I started tossing in the middle of the night, and when I woke up tomorrow morning, I would have something to eat. Some kitchen paper was put on top to absorb moisture. Because according to the suggestion, it should be left open to dry, in order to prevent Xiaoqiang’s intrusion, the only way to absorb moisture is to use kitchen paper and cover the box.
Step 9
First put the picture of the master’s work on it for everyone to enjoy. Of course, the master is very particular, what kind of silver plate, embellished with almonds wrapped in silver leaf. Here it can only be expressed as worship.
Step 10
After sleeping, you can cut it into pieces and eat it, what a chicken jelly you feel! There are so many corners and corners that you can just cut and steal at the same time. I can’t help it, take a bite, it’s delicate, and the rich milky aroma brought by cream, butter, and milk fills my mouth!
Step 11
Pack the beautiful ones and enjoy them slowly, and the leftovers have already entered the stomach.
Step 12
Take out a few pieces and put them on a plate to take a recent photo. The texture of this snack is really similar to pea yellow and mung bean cake (in fact, it’s the same thing)! However, the milky aroma is stronger. Personally, it is good to go with black tea or pu-erh, but it is a bit too much with milk tea.
Cooking tips for chanamaga
The original recipe is not salted, I tried it, and I always felt that the taste lacked layers. If you like sweets, you can add more sugar, do not add salt, and adjust the recipe yourself.
