Pinni A simple & easy recipe of making pinni

Madhavi Rao
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Pinni is a type of laddu,called in punjabi. It is made frm desi ghee,jaggery, wheat flour,edible gum & dry fruits. It is served as a dessert and hence it is eaten mostly in winters..to keep the body warm....
It is also famous as Aate ke laddu or wheat flour laddus in North - Indian cuisine.

Pinni A simple & easy recipe of making pinni

Pinni is a type of laddu,called in punjabi. It is made frm desi ghee,jaggery, wheat flour,edible gum & dry fruits. It is served as a dessert and hence it is eaten mostly in winters..to keep the body warm....
It is also famous as Aate ke laddu or wheat flour laddus in North - Indian cuisine.

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Ingredients

1hr &20mins
15laddus
  1. 1 cupwhole wheat flour(sieved or siffted flour)
  2. 100 gmedible gum/gond/dink
  3. 25-30almonds/cashewnuts
  4. 1/2 cupdesiccated coconut
  5. 1/2 cupkhand(sieved well) or jaggery or powderedsugar any prefe
  6. 1/2 cuppure desi ghee
  7. 1 tspcardamom powder

Cooking Instructions

1hr &20mins
  1. 1

    Heat a heavy bottomed pan or wok,add 1tspn of ghee,add the dryfruits and saute for a min till it lightly change to pale brown and take it off on a plate.(let it cool completely & blend to a coarse texture) in a mixie jar or in a mortar pestle.

  2. 2

    In the same pan,add the desiccated coconut and saute for some min..(remember bhi don't have to change the colour of coconut) saute till the moisture vanish off) and remove it in a plate to cool down completely.

  3. 3

    Now add 3-4tbspn of ghee,in the same pan..(the ghee should be moderate hot) add one edible gum/gond piece and check,if it pops up,add the edible gum in two batches and fry(it will pop up like a popcorn)(don't fry the gond in one go,divide it and fry in two batches).as it pops up check one gond if it crushes easily take out in a plate and keep it to cool.(each gond piece should be pop up very nicely,see that it don't burn)

  4. 4

    As the gond cools down,mash it wih a roller or in a mixie jar to a coarse texture...or you can mash it up wdh a help of steel bowl too.

  5. 5

    Now add some ghee 2-3 tbspn more in the same pan,(with the remaining ghee,which you have used to fry the gond pieces). Add the whole wheat flour and roast for about 10-12mins,till it slightly turns golden in colour and you get its aroma..

  6. 6

    Now Take a wide plate or a mixing bowl and remove d wheat flour in a bowl,add d dry fruits,gond,khand and mix well with a spoon. Add d cardamom powder mix well & start shaping the laddus(while it's hot and manageable to shape,be careful as the mixture is hot,don't burn ur hands)...(if d mixture cools down den it will be difficult to shape d laddus)....so shape the laddus when its bit bearable enough... (As u make each laddu keep it on a open plate to dry or to cool down completely)

  7. 7

    Store in an air tight container lasts for 1month....

  8. 8

    Punjabiya di pinniya/laddus are ready to grab...

  9. 9

    A winter special laddus to keep the body warm....have it one or two in a day...in winter season.

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