Ingredients
Quantity |
Measure: |
Ingredient |
1/2 |
Teaspoon |
Cardamom Powder |
1 |
Teacup |
Flour, Gram /Chana Ata |
Method
* Sieve the bengal gram flour (besan).
* Roast it on a hot griddle/ tava for 2-3 minutes stirring constantly. Set aside.
* Heat half the ghee (clarified butter) (1 1/4 cup) in a pan.
* Put the sugar in another pan and add 1 cup of water to it. Cook till it becomes sticky syrup. It should not become stringy.
* Add the roasted flour to the sugar syrup stirring constantly. Take off the flame for a second while you get the melted ghee ready.
* Pour the ghee in a steady stream into the flour and sugar mixture while stirring. You need an extra hand here.
* Add the rest of the ghee and stir in. Cook till the mixture turns light brown and becomes porous and spongy like bread.
* Sprinkle the cardamom powder over the mixture and turn out immediately into a 9" shallow cake pan or a thali.
* The mixture sets within a minute.
* With a sharp knife cut into 1 1/2 inch squares at immediately.
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