Patisa (soan papdi)
I have been eyeing this recipe for a while... I was nervous and very curious at the same time. It calls for the sugar to be cooked till it reaches hard ball stage or some may even know it as a single thread stage. I haven't made a lot of candy or sugar based desserts so this is all part of the learning curve.
And of course the first time I tried I messed up on the sugar syrup. I was concentrating on stirring the gram flour mixture so hard that I forgot that I was doing the same thing with the sugar. This caused some sugar to stick to the sides of the pan and caused all of it to crystallize. ALL OF IT.
So I started from scratch again and I added some lime juice and it worked.
Ingredients:
1 cup gram flour (besan)
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup ghee
2 cups sugar (next time I will use 1 1/2 cup instead)
1-2 tsp of cardamom
1/2 water
1/4 tsp of lime juice (or lemon juice)
In a heavy bottom pan, place the ghee and gently heat it. Add the gram and the all purpose flour and cook it till it has a nice brown color and has a nutty aroma, about 10 mins. Set aside, the mixture should be warm not hot when adding to the sugar syrup
If you can multitask, you can have the sugar syrup going at the same time as the flour. In a different pan add the sugar, water and lime juice and cook it till it reaches one thread stage or use a candy thermometer till you get to hard ball stage. Once you reach this stage, pour the sugar into a well greased pan. (I used my 8 inch baking pan) and pull the sugar inwards for 5-8 mins. Then add it to flour mixture and using two spoons toss the mixture around till the sugar mixes in with the the flour mixture. When mixed well, add to a greased baking pan and smooth it out. Cut when cooled.
Enjoy!
And of course the first time I tried I messed up on the sugar syrup. I was concentrating on stirring the gram flour mixture so hard that I forgot that I was doing the same thing with the sugar. This caused some sugar to stick to the sides of the pan and caused all of it to crystallize. ALL OF IT.
So I started from scratch again and I added some lime juice and it worked.
Ingredients:
1 cup gram flour (besan)
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup ghee
2 cups sugar (next time I will use 1 1/2 cup instead)
1-2 tsp of cardamom
1/2 water
1/4 tsp of lime juice (or lemon juice)
In a heavy bottom pan, place the ghee and gently heat it. Add the gram and the all purpose flour and cook it till it has a nice brown color and has a nutty aroma, about 10 mins. Set aside, the mixture should be warm not hot when adding to the sugar syrup
If you can multitask, you can have the sugar syrup going at the same time as the flour. In a different pan add the sugar, water and lime juice and cook it till it reaches one thread stage or use a candy thermometer till you get to hard ball stage. Once you reach this stage, pour the sugar into a well greased pan. (I used my 8 inch baking pan) and pull the sugar inwards for 5-8 mins. Then add it to flour mixture and using two spoons toss the mixture around till the sugar mixes in with the the flour mixture. When mixed well, add to a greased baking pan and smooth it out. Cut when cooled.
Enjoy!
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