Shagufta

Name: Shagufta
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 300 gms fresh cottage cheese (paneer cut into small cubes); 1 & 1/2 cup sugar; 15 nos almonds (soaked overnight and peeled); 1 cup fresh coconut (peel and cut into small pieces); 1/2 cup soaked raisins; 1/2 cup dates (seedless and sliced); 1/2 teaspoon saffron; 3-4 green cardamon; 2 tablespoon Rose water (optional); 2 tablespoons pure clarified butter

Saba Firoz Shaikh @sabaskitchen

Malad (West), Mumbai

Famous traditional kashmiri dessert.

Saba Firoz Shaikh @sabaskitchen

Malad (West), Mumbai

Famous traditional kashmiri dessert.

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Ingredients

20minutes

4 servings

300 gmsfresh cottage cheese (paneer cut into small cubes)
1 & 1/2 cup sugar
15nos almonds (soaked overnight and peeled)
1 cupfresh coconut (peel and cut into small pieces)
1/2 cupsoaked raisins
1/2 cupdates (seedless and sliced)
1/2 teaspoonsaffron
3-4 green cardamon
2 tablespoonRose water (optional)
2 tablespoonspure clarified butter

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Steps

20minutes

1

Shallow fry paneer cubes in ghee till it will get turn into light brown.
2

Make sugar syrup (1&1/2 cup sugar +3 cup water+ green cardamom) bring it to boil for 3 to 4min on low flame.
3

Put fried paneer in sugar syrup cover lid and cook it for 3 to 4 minutes on low flame.
4

Add coconut pieces, almonds cover the lid and cook it for 3 to 4minutes on low flame.
5

Add raisins and dates again cook for 2 minutes by covering lid.
6

Now finally add zaffron and cook well till all ingredients look little shiny or you can say sugar syrup covered the ingredients.
7

Cool down on room temperature.
8

Serve it in in bowls.