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This Independence Day, skip the regular jalebi, ladoos or sweets bought from the market and make this easy tricolor sweet. It will calm your sweet tooth and is pleasing to the eyes.
Bread squares are dipped in orange, plain and green sugar syrup, sandwiched with kalakand or any mawa sweet, and rolled in desiccated coconut coloured to match.
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Why you will love this tricolor mithai
- Independence Day: orange, white and green, like the flag.
- Instant: ready in about 20 minutes.
- Homemade: instead of sweets from the market.
- Simple: bread, kalakand, sugar and coconut.
Ingredient notes
- Bread: 9 slices, each cut into 4 equal squares.
- Filling: 200 to 250 g kalakand or any mawa sweet, about 1 tsp per piece.
- Syrup: 1/2 cup sugar boiled with 1 cup water until thick, but not to a 1 or 2 string syrup.
- Colour: a pinch each of orange and green food colour.
Tricolor Mithai Recipe
Tricolor mithai for Independence Day: bread squares dipped in orange, plain and green sugar syrup, sandwiched with kalakand and rolled in coloured desiccated coconut.
Ingredients
- 9 bread slices
- 200–250 g kalakand or any mawa sweet
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
- Orange food colour
- Green food colour
- 1 tsp milk
Instructions
- Make the syrup. Heat a pan and add the sugar and 1 cup of water. Keep stirring until the sugar melts completely.
- Boil. Once the sugar melts, let it boil on a high flame for about 2 to 3 minutes. The syrup should be thick, but do not take it to a 1 or 2 string syrup. Turn off the flame and let it cool.
- Cut the bread. Meanwhile, cut each bread slice into 4 equal squares.
- Divide. Once the syrup has cooled, divide it equally into 3 bowls. Divide the desiccated coconut into 3 bowls in the same way.
- Colour. Add a pinch of orange colour to the first bowl of syrup and a pinch of green to the second, and leave the third plain. Do the same with the coconut: orange in one, green in another and the third plain. Mix the coloured bowls well.
- Orange pieces. Take 2 bread squares, dip them in the orange syrup, take them out and squeeze out the extra syrup. Put about 1 tsp of kalakand between them and press gently so they do not open. Immediately roll in the orange coconut and place on a plate.
- Green and white pieces. Repeat with the green and plain syrup, filling each pair with a tsp of kalakand and rolling them in the green and white coconut.
- Store. You can refrigerate the mithai and have it for 1 to 2 days.
Nutrition Facts
3 servings per recipe
Serving size1 serving (1/3 recipe)
| Nutrient | % Daily Value* |
|---|---|
| Total Fat 23 g | 29% |
| Saturated Fat 15 g | 75% |
| Cholesterol 14 mg | 5% |
| Sodium 620 mg | 27% |
| Total Carbohydrate 92 g | 33% |
| Dietary Fibre 5 g | 18% |
| Total Sugars 39 g | |
| Protein 21 g | |
| Vitamin A 303 IU | |
| Vitamin C 1 mg | 1% |
| Calcium 571 mg | 44% |
| Iron 3 mg | 17% |
| Potassium 200 mg | 4% |
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in one serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
Values are approximate and calculated from the ingredients listed. The actual amounts depend on the brands you use.
Recipe by Siddhi Panchal.
Tips for tricolor mithai
- Boil the syrup until thick, but not to a 1 or 2 string consistency.
- Let the syrup cool before you divide and colour it.
- Squeeze the extra syrup out of the bread after dipping.
- Roll each piece in the coconut immediately after filling.
What to serve with Tricolor Mithai
Serve the tricolor mithai for Independence Day, or keep it in the fridge for 1 to 2 days. For more sweets, try my Peanut Ladoo, Rose Kaju Katli and Gajar Halwa.
Tricolor Mithai FAQs
What is tricolor mithai?
An instant Independence Day sweet: bread squares dipped in orange, plain and green syrup, filled with kalakand and rolled in coloured coconut.
What can I use instead of kalakand?
Any mawa sweet works, 200 to 250 g in total.
How thick should the sugar syrup be?
Thick, but not a 1 or 2 string syrup. Boil it for about 2 to 3 minutes after the sugar melts.
How long does tricolor mithai keep?
Refrigerate it after making and have it within 1 to 2 days.
How long does it take?
About 15 minutes of prep and 5 minutes of cooking, so 20 minutes in total.
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