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Cook Time 20 minutes
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup fada/broken wheat
  • 1/2 cup ghee
  • 1/2 cup sugar or adjust according to taste
  • 2 1/4 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoon elaichi powder
  • 2 tablespoons raisins
  • 2 tablespoons cashews
  • 3-4 tablespoons slivered almonds to garnish

Method
 

  1. Take a medium sized pressure cooker and place it on a medium flame.
  2. Take another saucepan, add water to it and place it on flame to heat the water.
  3. Add ghee to the kadai.
  4. Fry the raisins and cashews till they turn golden brown. Remove and keep aside on absorbent paper.
  5. To the same ghee add the fada/broken wheat.
  6. Roast the fada in the ghee on a very gentle to medium heat till they change color and turn pale brown.
  7. Add the water to the nicely roasted fada.
  8. Mix well.
  9. Cover the pressure cooker with the lid and cook for 5 whistles.
  10. Remove from flame.
  11. Allow the cooker to release its steam, open the lid and fluff up the cooked fada with a fork.
  12. Add the sugar and mix well.
  13. Turn on the flame to medium. Allow the sugar to melt in the fada mixture.
  14. Cover and cook for 5-7 minutes, till the sugar has melted and the fada lapshi looks a little translucent and ghee oozes out.
  15. Turn off the flame. Add the cardamom powder, fried cashews and raisins.
  16. Transfer to a serving bowl and garnish with almond slivers.
  17. Fada Lapshi is best enjoyed hot.