
Ingredients:
• 500gms – Gram flour
• 500 gms – Sugar
• 1 tsp – Cardamom powder
• 3 tbsp – Soft semi solid Ghee
• 1/2 cup – Milk
• 1/2 cup – Curd
• 300 gms – Ghee
Method:
- Take flour in a large shallow dish.
- Mix in semi solid ghee and rub through flour with fingers.
- Press down flour together and sprinkle milk. Keep aside for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a large pan, add enough water in sugar to just immerse it.
- Heat and bring to a boil.
- Make a syrup of 2.5 thread or soft ball test.(refer features for syrup details).
- Pass flour little by little through a large holed sieve, gently.
- The sieved flour must be like fine crumbs.
- Heat ghee in a large heavy skillet.
- Add crumbs and fry gently stirring continuously, till aroma exudes strongly.
- Add cardamom, curd, and stir continuously all along of the bottom may burn.
- Add prepared syrup, (hot but not boiling).
- Take off fire, stir gently till well blended and mixture starts to thicken a bit.
- Pour into a large walled plate or tray, cool.
- When warm mark and cut with sharp knife, into squares or diamond shapes.
- Gently pry off with a spatula or knife.
- Cool completely before storing in airtight containers.
Recipe courtesy of Sify Bawarchi