Among various Rajasthani khasta kachori recipes, this mewa mawa kachori recipe is the most unique and interesting kachori recipe. ‘Kachori‘ often means savoury hand pies filled with a variety of fillings made of dals or lentils or spiced mixes of potato or onion. This Mewa Mawa Kachori has a sweet filling made of chopped dry fruits and milk solids, flavoured with saffron and spices.
Mawa or Khowa is the milk solid that adds a ton of richness to Indian dishes, especially Indian sweet recipes. It is often reserved for special dishes made during Indian festivals or occasions. Hence this mewa mawa kachori recipe is popular during festivals like Holi and Diwali.

Why you will love this khasta Kachori recipe using khowa and chopped nuts!
- Easy & instant Kachori recipe – If you are like me, a big fan of deep-fried dishes like kachoris then you can also make these on a whim. Knead the dough, stuff them with the easy mewa and mawa filling and fry them gently till golden and crisp.
- Great for any Indian festival – This Khasta Mawa Kachoris can be great for Holi, Diwali or perhaps any special puja you might be having at your place
- Makes a big batch with very little effort – You can easily whip up these sweet mawa kachoris using khoya and prepare a big batch of khasta kachoris for your grand celebration
- Cheap & pantry staple ingredients – You will find pretty much everything in your pantry already that goes into making these mawa kachoris. If you dont have khoya or mawa with you, I have given you the perfect recipe to make instant mawa at home
How to make homemade Instant Khowa at home
Ingredients for Instant Khowa
- 1 cup Milk Powder
- ½ cup Fresh Cream- Full Fat
- ¼ cup Milk – Full Fat
- 2 tbsp Ghee or Clarified Butter
Steps to make Instant Khowa at home
- Take a non-stick heavy bottom pan and keep it on medium-low flame
- Add the ghee, milk and fresh cream and stir
- Add the sugar (optional) and mix
- Now, add the milk powder and whisk so that it doesn’t form lumps. If it does, just try to mash them with the back of your spoon
- Keep stirring for the next 10-15 minutes while mashing the lumps (if any) with the back of your spatula/spoon. Soon you will see that it has reduced in quantity
- Take it out on a plate and allow it to cool. Instant Khowa or Mawa is ready
Rajasthani Khasta Kachori using Mawa & Mewa – Ingredients list
- All-purpose flour, Salt & a pinch of Baking Soda for the Dough
- Ghee
- Khowa or Mawa
- Mewa or Nuts like Walnuts, Cashew, Pistachios
- Saffron
- Green Cardamom
- Sugar for sugar syrup
- Ghee or any other refined oil to fry
How to make Khasta Mewa Mawa Kachoris is Marwari style
- Knead a tight dough of all-purpose flour (maida), a pinch of salt, baking soda and ghee. I follow a very simple proportion of ghee to maida for perfectly crispy kachoris every time. For every 1 cup of Maida or Flour, use 2 tbsp of Ghee or any other shortening such as vanaspati ghee (dalda) or oil.
- In another mixing bowl, mix khowa or mawa, saffron powder (or simply crush them in a mortar pestle), green cardamom powder and coarsely chopped nuts
- Divide the dough into equal 6 portions. Take one and roll it into a disc roughly 6 inches in diameter. Flaten the edges to thin them out. Now place 2 teaspoons full of filling in the centre and bring the edges together to seal the filling neatly inside.
- This time flatten the dough ball using your finger and palms gently and uniformly taking care that the nuts do not perforate the dough layer. You should get them 4-5 inches in diameter. keep them covered till you are ready to fry. Repeat the steps with the rest of the dough
- Warm some oil and deep fry the kachoris till they are crispy and golden brown. Take care to keep the heat to the lowest so that every layer of the kachoris is cooked properly.
- Once they are done, take them out and drizzle some warm sugar syrup or chasni on them. You can drop them in the chasni too but take them immediately so that they get a very thin coat of sugar syrup.
- Sprinkle some chopped nuts on the kachoris and serve them on a gorgeous platter for your family and friends.

No Mawa or Khowa at home? Looking for Mewa Mawa Kachoris without Khowa, try these ideas then.
Usually, during the festive season, we end up receiving a lot of mithais or Indian sweets. Some of them can be easily turned into interesting recipes to use up and avoid food wastage. This Mewa Mawa Kachori recipe is one of those recipes which can be made using leftover pedas, khowa barfis or any other such khowa mithais. Just make sure that they are fresh enough to be eaten and have not turned sour or anything funky.
If you have kept them in your refrigerator then bring them to normal room temperature before mashing them up nicely using a fork. Next, you can follow the recipe given here to make some delicious Khasta Kachoris. I have several recipes on my Blog which use leftover mithais and repurpose them into delicious Indian sweet dishes. Here’s a list:
- Instant Mawa Malpua Recipe
- Eggless Mawa Cake Muffins | Mawa Cupcakes Recipe
- Lobongo Lotika | Bengali Sweet Bhaja Patishapta Recipe
- Gulab Jamun Recipe using Khoya
- Instant Gajar ka Halwa Recipe
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Among various Rajasthani khasta kachori recipes, this mewa mawa kachori recipe is the most unique and interesting kachori recipe. 'Kachori' often means savoury hand pies filled with a variety of fillings made of dals or lentils or spiced mixes of potato or onion. This Mewa Mawa Kachori has a sweet filling made of chopped dry fruits and milk solids, flavoured with saffron and spices.
- 1 cup All-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp Salt
- A pinch of Baking Soda
- 2 tbsp Ghee
- ¼ cup Khowa or Mawa
- ¼ cup Mewa or Nuts like Walnuts, Cashew, Pistachios
- A pinch of Saffron
- 2 Green Cardamom finely crushed
- Sugar for sugar syrup
- Ghee or any other refined oil to fry
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Knead a tight dough of all-purpose flour (maida), a pinch of salt, baking soda and ghee. I follow a very simple proportion of ghee to maida for perfectly crispy kachoris every time. For every 1 cup of Maida or Flour, use 2 tbsp of Ghee or any other shortening such as vanaspati ghee (dalda) or oil.
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In another mixing bowl, mix together khowa or mawa, saffron powder (or simply crush them in a mortar pestle), green cardamom powder and coarsely chopped nuts
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Divide the dough into equal 6 portions. Take one and roll it into a disc roughly 6 inches in diameter. Flaten the edges to thin them out. Now place 2 teaspoons full of filling in the centre and bring the edges together to seal the filling neatly inside.
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This time flatten the dough ball using your finger and palms gently and uniformly taking care that the nuts do not perforate the dough layer. You should get them 4-5 inches in diameter. keep them covered till you are ready to fry. Repeat the steps with the rest of the dough
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Warm some oil and deep fry the kachoris till they are crispy and golden brown. Take care to keep the heat to the lowest so that every layer of the kachoris is cooked properly.
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Once they are done, take them out and drizzle some warm sugar syrup or chasni on them. You can drop them in the chasni too but take them immediately so that they get a very thin coat of sugar syrup.
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Sprinkle some chopped nuts on the kachoris and serve them on a gorgeous platter for your family and friends.
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