Malpua - Gokulashtami Celebration

Guess what?!! The little Krishna and Radha are none other than me years back. ;)


Happy Krishna Jayanthi!

Vishnu, the protector of the universe and one of the Hindu Trinity, is said to take birth in this mortal world whenever it is overburdened with sinners, who by their wicked actions upset the equilibrium of the earth. One such incarnation is his birth as the son of king Vasudeva and his wife Devaki. He was then given the name of Sri Krishna, and his story is recorded in the famous work of the Hindus known as Bhagavatam.

The birthday of this marvelous child is celebrated as a festive and sacred day on the eighth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Shravana called Aadi in Tamil which corresponds to the English months of August-September.

The day of celebration is known by different names. Some call it Krishna Jayanthi and few call it Janma Ashtami day, while a good many call it Gokula Ashtami and Sri Jayanti. :)

Anyways everything means "Happy Birthday dear Krishna" ;)

On this day we used to decorate the idols of lord Krishna and do special pooja. We also make a lot of kid friendly sweets and savories since Krishna is considered a kid always :)

Top Left - Krishna made with murukku dough by mom ;)

This year along with the usual offerings like milk, butter, navaneetham, dry fruits, fruits etc. we made butter murukku, Sweet seedai, Sweet aval and a special exotic sweet called Malpua :)

You can find last year's celebration here.

Malpua

Ingredients:

For malpua -

All purpose flour/Maida - 1/2 cup
Semolina(Sooji/Rava) - 1 cup
Sweetened condensed milk(Milk maid) - 1/2 cup
Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - a pinch
Water - 1 cup
Pistachios - for garnish
Oil - for frying

For sugar syrup -

Sugar - 1 cup
Water - 1 1/2 cups

Method:

In a bowl, mix maida, semolina, baking powder and salt. Add the condensed milk and water to it and make a batter. Set this aside for 15 mins.

Meanwhile mix sugar and water in a pan and allow it to boil till it comes to one sting consistency.

Now take just enough oil in a pan, say about 1 inch from the bottom of the pan and once it is hot enough pour in half ladle of batter in the center and allow it to fry for just a min. Flip it and let it roast on the other side too. Its time to remove them when the sides are little roasted and the center turns light golden brown.

Once removed from oil, just dip in the malpua into the sugar syrup for a min and remove them. Arrange them on a plate and garnish with chopped pistachios.

Extremely yummy malpua is ready to eat :)

Serve it warm. :)

Celebrate any occasion with a very delicious malpua :)

Festivals and celebrations are the reminiscence of our beautiful life. I never fail to celebrate any, hope you all too. :)

Happy Gokulashtami :)

My favorite nostalgic pic :) My sis as Yeshodha and Me as kutty Krishna ;)

Written by: Nithya
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