Kesariya Mohanthal

Name: Kesariya Mohanthal
Total time: 1800 s
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups gram flour; as needed Ghee; 4 tablespoons Milk; 3/4 cup Ghee; 1 1/2 cup Sugar; 1 pinch Nutmeg powder; strands kesar; 1/4 teaspoon Green cardamom powder; 10 Almonds blanched and slivered; 10 Pistachios blanched and slivered

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Mumbai

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Mohanthal is a traditional mithai with the rich flavour and melt-in-the-mouth texture of ghee-roasted besan. Rose water and spices like cardamom and saffron give the sweet an enticing flavour and captivating aroma, while an assortment of slivered nuts makes the sweet richer. Popular in Rajasthan and Gujarat, this sweet is a part and parcel of the festive season.

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Ingredients

30 minutes

2 cupsgram flour
as neededGhee
4 tablespoonsMilk
3/4 cupGhee
1 1/2 cupSugar
1 pinchNutmeg powder
strandskesar
1/4 teaspoonGreen cardamom powder
10Almonds blanched and slivered
10Pistachios blanched and slivered

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Combine the saffron strands and ½ tsp warm water in a bowl, mix well and keep aside.
2

Heat 2 tbsps milk in a non stick pan.
3

Add 1½ tbsps ghee and heat till it melts.
4

Place gram flour in a bowl, add the milk-ghee mixture and mix with fingertips till it resembles breadcrumbs.
5

Pass it through thick sieve, pressing lightly to remove lumps.
6

Cook together ½ cup water and 1½ cups sugar to make a syrup.
7

Add Safforon water mixture in sugsr syrup.Add rose water.(optional)
8

Heat ¾ cup ghee in a non stick pan, add the sieved gram flour.
9

Saute on medium heat, stirring continuously, till fragrant and dark in colour.
10

Cook the syrup till it gets 1½ string consistency.
11

Grease an aluminium burfi tray.
12

Add nutmeg powder and green cardamom powder to the gram flour and mix well.
13

Set aside to cool completely.Add 2 tbsps milk to the sugar syrup and mix well.
14

Add the syrup, little by little, to the gram flour mixture and mix well.
15

Pour into the greased tray and spread evenly.
16

Sprinkle almonds and pistachios over the gram flour mixture and press lightly.
17

Set aside to cool completely.
18

Cut into squares, separate the pieces and serve.