Makhane Mewe Ki Barfi

Ingredients list for Makhane Mewe Ki Barfi

• 100 grams Lotus seeds
• 1 cup Poppy Seeds
• 2 1/2 cups Milk
• 1/2 cup Mixed nuts slivered
• 1 1/4 cups Pure ghee
• 1 1/4 cups Whole wheat flour (atta)
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon Green cardamom powder
• a few sheets Silver warq

Method

1. Dry roast the lotus seeds till crisp. Grind to a coarse powder. Wash poppy seeds and soak in milk for four to five hours. Grind to a smooth paste. Take a thick-bottomed kadai. Heat half the quantity of ghee and cook the poppy seed paste on low heat till fragrant. If needed add more ghee. Remove into a thali and allow to cool.
2. In the same kadai, take the remaining ghee and roast wheat flour till fragrant and golden in colour. Add the powder of lotus seeds and poppy seed paste and continue to roast on low heat till well blended. Remove into a thali. In the same kadai place sugar and one cup of water. Boil till a two-thread consistency has been obtained. Immediately mix in the wheat flour mixture and stir vigorously to blend well. Add in the nuts and cardamom powder.
3. Pour into a greased thali and let cool slightly. Spread silver varq while still warm. Cut into desired shapes.

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