Ingredients :

• Maida – 1 cup.
• Puree Ghee – 1 cup.
• Sugar -1 ¼ cup.
• Water – ½ cup.
•  Cardamom powder – ½ tsp.

Method :

• Heat ghee in a kadai till it is melted in reduced flame.
• Add maida and keep stirring till it froths and good aroma comes Do this in reduced flame and take care that the colour of the maida does not change.
• Remove from flame and allow the mixture to come to room temperature.
• Heat sugar and water in another heavy bottom kadai .
• Stir sugar till melt.
• Boil the syrup rapidly in medium flame without stirring.
• To test the consistency of syrup. Put little syrup in a vessel containing water. The Syrup stay without spreading in the water.
• Remove the syrup from fire.
• Add fried maida, cardmom powder to syrup. Stir briskly and quickly till it blend. Add a pinch of soda and mix well.
• Pour on greased try quickly and pat the mixer for even distribution.
• Allow to cool for a while and cut into pieces when mixture is still warm.

Note:Thanks to Mrs Mallika Badrinath this recipe is from her cook book “Traditional Sweets”.