Malpua with Fenugreek Ice Cream

Preparation info
  • Makes 16 Pancakes;

    4

    Servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Malai: Frozen Desserts Inspired by South Asian Flavors

By Pooja Bavishi

Published 2025

  • About

When I first had malpua at a popular Indian restaurant, I was sold. It was a crisp, lightly fennel-scented pancake that was deep-fried and soaked in a sugar syrup and then served topped with a thick, creamy sweetened milk. It was decadent and delicious! I was in heaven. When picking it apart, I really did think of the fried part as a pancake, which made me wonder how it would taste with maple syrup. If you have made the fenugreek ice cream in this book, you already know that fenugreek takes