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Lapsi is a traditional Gujarati sweet dish prepared from broken wheat and jaggery. This porridge like dish is best when served hot with ghee and nuts.
Ingredients:
Broken Wheat – 1 cup
Sugar – 1 cup
Ghee – 1/4 cup
Cardamom Powder – 3/4 tsp
Cashew Nuts – 8
Raisins – 10
Almonds Flakes – 2 tbsps
Salt – a pinch
Method:
- Heat a tbsp ghee in a pan and roast cashew nuts and raisins. Keep them aside.
- Heat the remaining ghee in the same pan and roast broken wheat on medium flame until it turns slightly brown.
- Meanwhile, warm 4 cups of water.
- Add the warm water to roasted wheat.
- Let it cook until wheat is soft but still holds shape. If required, add 1/2 to 3/4 cup of water.
- Once the water is evaporated, add sugar and stir continuously until it starts separates from the sides of the pan.
- Add roasted cashew nuts, raisins, half the portion of almond flakes and cardamom powder. Mix well.
- Garnish with remaining almond flakes.
- Serve hot.