Maharashtrian Sweet Dish – Khantoli

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Maharashtrian Sweet Dish – Khantoli

Khantoli
Khantoli

Cuisine: Maharashtrian
Servings: 16 Pieces
Preparation: 10 Minutes
Cooking Time: 20 Minutes
Type: Dessert/Sweets
Served In: Festivals & special occasion

Hello friends, Manjiri’s Foods welcome you all, 

Maharashtrian Sweet dish-Khantoli is a special sweet dish  made of Rice-Suji or Rice-rava  & Jaggery. It is a traditional recipe prepared in the Holy month of Shravan all over Maharashtra. Even though it is a popular sweet dish in Maharashtra; it is less known in other parts of India. 

Main Ingredients:

Khantoli-ingredients
Khantoli-ingredients


  • Rice Rava Or Suji : One Bowl
  • Jaggery : One Bowl
  • Ghee : Four Teaspoons
  • Dry fruits : Mix Four to Five spoons
  • Cloves : Three to Four
  • Fresh Coconut Grated : Five to six spoons
  • Khaskhas / Poppy seeds
  • Cardamom powder : ½ tea spoon
  • Water : Two and half Bowl

Cooking:

  • In a Kadai or Pan put two spoons of ghee and fry Dry fruits till they become pink.
  • Remove them from the kadai and keep aside.
  • In the same kadai add one spoon of ghee and one bowl Rice-Rava (I have used normal idli rava) or suji and roast it till it becomes pink or raw smell from the rava is gone. Remove from the kadai.
  • In the same kadai put two and half bowls of water and bring it to boil.
  • Add one bowl of jaggery and dissolve it completely.
  • When the jaggery water starts boiling turn the flame to medium.
  • Add roasted rice-rava and give it a good mix.
  • Cover the lid & cook until it is done completely.
  • Check in between and add water if required as rice-rava needs more water to cook.
  • When the rava is completely cooked it will look like normal suji halwa or shira.
  • Grease the plate with ghee and  pour prepared Khantoli mix, spread evenly.
  • Add dry fruits, Khaskhas on the top and spread freshly grated  coconut. 
  • Press gently and allow it to cool completely.
  • Cut into square shapes or diamond shapes with knife and serve.
  • Consume within 24 hours. 

Maharashtrian Sweet dish-Khantoli in step by step photos.

In a kadai or pan add two spoons of ghee.


Ghee-in-kadai
Ghee-in-kadai


Add mixed and crushed dry fruits and roast them till turned to pink.

Roasting-Dryfruits-in-ghee
Roasting-Dryfruits-in-ghee

Keep the roasted dry-fruits aside.

Roasted-Dryfruits
Roasted-Dryfruits

In the same kadai add one spoon ghee and one bowl of Rice-rava and roast till it becomes pink or raw smell from the rava is gone. Then keep it aside.

Rice-Rava-Roasting
Rice-Rava-Roasting

Then add two and half bowls of water in the same kadai and add one bowl of Jaggery. Let it completely dissolved.

Water-Jaggery
Water-Jaggery

Bring the water with dissolved jaggery to boil and turn the flame to medium.

Jaggerywater-Boiling
Jaggerywater-Boiling

Add roasted rice-rava into the boiling jaggery water; give it good mix and cover the lid and allow it to cook on medium flame.


Khantoli-Mix
Khantoli-Mix

Grease the plate or mold with remaining ghee.

Greasing-The-plate
Greasing-The-plate


Pour the prepared Khantoli mix into the plate and spread evenly.

Khantoli-Spread
Khantoli-Spread
Add roasted dry fruits, Khaskhas or poppy seeds and grated coconut, press gently and allow it to cool completely. 

Garnishing
Garnishing

Cut into square shapes or diamond shapes with knife and serve. Consume within 24 hours.

Khantoli-Cut-into-pieces
Khantoli-Cut-into-pieces

Maharashtrian Sweet dish-Khantoli is typically made of Rice-rava. Rice-Rava is usually available in all the grocery stores. But the traditional method of making this rava is as follows.
  • Soak rice in water for three to four hours.
  • Drain the water and dry the rice by spreading on an cotton cloth.
  • Allow the rice to completely dry in shade.
  • Then grind this rice into coarse powder. 
  • Then sieve it to remove the flour part from it.
  • Traditionally this rava is extracted by grinding it in a stone flour mill operated by hand.

So friends who all have used this stone flour mill at least once in your life. I used this many times in my childhood. It is still at our home in my Mother’s place.


Ancient-Stone-flour-mill
Ancient-Stone-flour-mill

Please try this unique and traditional sweet recipe and let me know in comments how much you liked this dessert.

You may like my other recipes..

See you with another recipe,
Till then take care.
Bye.



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