Name: Laapsi /sweet Daliya recipe by Anjana Chaturvedi at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: Broken wheat/ daliya/fada- 1 cup; Clarified butter/ghee- 1/2 cup *; Cloves/lavang- 3; Green cardamom /elaichi -4; Cinnamon stick/daalchini -1/3 inch; Sugar/chini -1 cup; Saffron /kesar- few strands; Milk /dudh- 2 tsp; Water/paani -3 and 1/2 cups; Almonds /badam -12; Raisins /kishmish- 3 tbsp; Cardamom powder- 1/2 tsp

ABOUT Laapsi /sweet Daliya RECIPE

A healthy and delicious dessert made with broken wheat- speciality from Gujarat.

Ingredients Serving: 5

Broken wheat/ daliya/fada- 1 cup
Clarified butter/ghee- 1/2 cup *
Cloves/lavang- 3
Green cardamom /elaichi -4
Cinnamon stick/daalchini -1/3 inch
Sugar/chini -1 cup
Saffron /kesar- few strands
Milk /dudh- 2 tsp
Water/paani -3 and 1/2 cups
Almonds /badam -12
Raisins /kishmish- 3 tbsp
Cardamom powder- 1/2 tsp

Instructions

Heat ghee in a heavy bottom pan. Add cloves, cardamom (crush lightly to open it up) and cinnamon.
Add daliya and roast on a low heat till it becomes pink and starts giving a nice aroma.
Now add the raisins and chopped almonds and just give a stir.
Add 3 cups of water and pressure cook for 3 whistles or cook till its done.
In a separate pan, add sugar and water and cook till the sugar melts.
Soak saffron in 2 tsp of milk and crush in a mortar and pestle.
Once the cooker cools down completely, then you can open it. Add sugar, water, and mix it. Now give it a boil and then simmer on low heat, till it almost drys up.
Now add cardamom powder, saffron and mix it well.
Serve it hot garnished with pista and almond slices.

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