Sukhadi

The aroma of roasted wheat has filled the entire house bringing with it memories of Dasera spent at my sister-in-law's co-sister's place ...confused ?....

Well I am not sure whether it is a common term but in South the term co-sister is used for wives of 2 brothers...so my husband's sister whose brother-in-law's wife ...the one I am referring to here is her co-sister...

Now I think I am confused too....so anyways moving on...let's call her S....we had all gathered at  S's  place for Dasera and she had made the most amazing, mouth-watering Gud papdi or as it is also referred to as Sukhadi...

And even though we are all now conscious of what (& how much )sweets we have ....we could not resist it and it was soon polished off...

I asked her for recipe and have since made it many times with delicious results and here I go making it once more...while it is cooling on the kitchen counter I decided to log it in ...the recipe given below....

Ingredients:

1 cup wheat flour
1/2 cup jaggery
1/2 cup ghee
1/2 nuts powdered - (optional) ( I used a mix of almonds and walnuts )
1/4 tsp cardamom powder
broken cashews to garnish

Method:
1) Melt ghee in a non-stick or heavy bottomed pan

2)Roast the wheat flour and powdered nuts together till it changes colour to reddish brown - it will also give a heavenly aroma at this stage - and you will also see the ghee starting to separate a bit.
This takes about 10-15 minutes approx.

3) At this stage add the jaggery ( jaggery should preferably be grated )
4) Stir till it is all blended well - you will see that the mixture starts coming together - switch of the flame and put the mixture in a greased thali or baking dish.
(After adding the jaggery - you do not have to keep it all flame for long - just till it all mixes in and the mixture comes together - about 1 minute.)

5) Sprinkle cardamom powder over it - cool it for about 10 minutes then cut into diamond shapes...decorate with cut cashew pieces...
6) Let it cool further completely before removing from the pan and storing it in an airtight container...
Enjoy !!!

Tips: You can put a little less ghee if you would prefer - but then you may need to add a couple of tablespoons of milk in the end for the sukhadi to hold it's shape...

The addition of powdered nuts is optional - but it does raise the level of the sukhadi and brings out the nutty flavour of the roasted wheat...besides increasing it's nutritive value.







This dish was made today for my hubby's birthday...so here's wishing you all the very best ....with lots of love....

And many thanks to S for the mouth watering and delicious recipe of Sukhadi