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Laapsi- sweet

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup ghee
• 1+1/4 cup jaggery
• 3 cup water
• 1 tsp cardamom powder
• 1/4 dry coconut small pieces
• 1 cup broken wheat
• A pinch of saffron [optional]

Garnish:

• Chopped almonds
• Chopped pistachios

Preparation:

• Take a pot boil 2 cups of water
• In another pot put jaggery and 1 cup of water; boil till the jaggery dissolves in water
• Take a pan, add broken wheat and ghee, cook it well in medium heat till it turns in golden brown color
• Add boiling water [ of step-1] to the pan and cover the lid for 2 mins in low flame
• Remove the lid and stir occasionally till the liquid is evaporated and the broken wheat are cooked, if its not cooked you can add more water if necessary
• Check it by picking a few grains from your spatula and pressing between your fore finger and thumb, the grains should be soft
• Strain & add jaggery water [of step-2], cardamom powder and dry coconut pieces and cook well till ghee appear in the sides of the pan
• Remove pan from the heat and garnish it with chopped almonds & pistachios
• Serve hot

Tips:

• Instead of jaggery you can use sugar or brown sugar, but jaggery gives good taste
• If you want to keep laapsi for 1-2 days don’t add coconut