• 2 cups sugar;
• 1 cup milk powder;
• 1 egg;
• 6 tsp. flour;
• 1 tsp. baking powder;
• 4 cups water for the syrup;
• 3 tsp. butter;
• ghee for frying.

1. Mix baking powder with milk powder and flour well. Add butter and egg. Knead the dough well. Divide the dough into small portions. Roll them into small balls. Heat ghee and fry the balls till done and well browned. Boil sugar with the water to obtain a thin sugar syrup. Keep boiling the sugar syrup on a low heat. Add the fried balls to the syrup and simmer on a low heat till the syrup is absorbed into the balls and they become almost double in size. Serve when still lukewarm.

(contributed by Sulata Ghatak, Calcutta)