Iftar recipe to try at home: Uzbul- Zainab - Sweet Cheese Rolls

INGREDIENTS
Samosa sheet 1 packet
Triangular Cheese 10 pieces
Oil for frying
Maida and water mix for sticking the edge
For Sugar Syrup:
Sugar 1 cup
Water 3/4 cup
Rose water 1/2 tsp
Cardamom powder 1/4 tsp
Lime juice 1/2 tsp
METHOD
1. Defrost the samosa sheets.
2. Cut the triangle cheese into pieces.
3. In a pan boil the sugar and water till it becomes a thick syrup.
4. Add cardamom powder, rose water and lime juice.
5. Take out each samosa sheet and keep a piece of cheese on one small end of the sheet.
6. Cover it with the small ends and roll it to a small log.
7. Stick the end with maida paste.
8. Do the same with the rest of the sheets.
9. Heat oil in a pan.
10. Fry the rolls till golden brown. (The cheese should be covered well otherwise it will melt in hot oil, and if it oozes out it will splutter in the oil.) Drain out the excess oil.
11.Now dip each roll in the syrup and coat well before serving.
Enjoy the rolls!
Recipe courtesy Fajeeda Ashik, food blogger and author of a cookbook.
Find her on fajishotspot.blogspot and on YouTube at Fajis Recipes.
Compiled by Mahima Ann Ninan

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