PHENORI - sweet dish

Phenori is a sweet dish made traditionally in almost all of the GSB (Goud/Gawd Saraswat Brahmin) homes.
Popular in Mangalorean region. Also known as CHIROTE in Maharashtra.
It is basically a fried flaky pastry with delicate circular layers that is not sweet by itself.
So it is served with powdered sugar or dipped in thick cardamom flavored sugar syrup or flavoured badam milk. The milk or syrup is added at the time of serving otherwise it will become soggy.

Ingredients:-

Maida	200 gm
Sugar	100 gm
Butter	100 gm
Elaichi Powder	10 gm
Oil	For deep frying
Salt	A pinch

Method :-

Make a Sugar Syrup, and add elaichi powder to it and keep aside.

In a bowl add maida, salt, oil , water and knead the dough .( Not too hard nor too soft.)

Spread some flour on the slab and roll the dough with the rolling pin into a thin sheet.

Next spread butter onto the rolled sheet.

Start rolling from one end and from this roll cut small pieces.

Roll these small dumpling and deep fry in oil.

Let them cool and then dip them in sugar syrup.

Serve on a platter.