Laapsi

Name: Laapsi
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup broken wheat/cracked wheat (dry roasted); 1 pinch salt; 3 cups water; 1/4 cup clarified butter; 3/4 cup jaggery; 2 cloves; 1 small stick cinnamon; 1/2 tsp cardamom powder; 1/4 cup chopped nuts (almonds and cashews)

Kanika Pareek @kitchenlifelover

Madhya Pradesh

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#traditional
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Laapsi is a traditional sweet dish of Rajasthan and Gujarat. It is made from broken wheat, jaggery, clarified butter and nuts. Laapsi is always cooked on special occassions or rituals.
Broken wheat is a good sauce of iron, protein, fiber and jaggery is also a good sauce of iron. There are various ways of making laapsi but today I am sharing my way of making this delicious sweet dish.

#goldenapron
#traditional
#India

Kanika Pareek @kitchenlifelover

Madhya Pradesh

#goldenapron
#traditional
#India

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Ingredients

25 minutes

4 servings

1 cupbroken wheat/cracked wheat (dry roasted)
1 pinchsalt
3 cupswater
1/4 cupclarified butter
3/4 cupjaggery
2cloves
1small stick cinnamon
1/2 tspcardamom powder
1/4 cupchopped nuts (almonds and cashews)

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Steps

25 minutes

1

Heat pressure cooker on medium flame. Add roasted cracked wheat, jaggery, salt and water. Close the lid and pressure cook the cracked wheat for 3-4 whistles. Switchoff the flame and let it cool down.
2

Heat clarified butter in a pan or wok on low medium flame.
3

Add clove, cinnamon and chopped nuts and roast till golden brown.
4

Now add in the cooked broken wheat, keep stirring on low flame till it starts leaving ghee on sides of the pan.
5

Lastly add cardamom powder. Mix well.
6

Garnish with nuts and serve.