Sukhadi

A favorite with the Vaishnavs, sukhadi is easy to make.


Ingredients

• 2 cups of coarsely ground whole wheat flour
• 1 cup ghee (or unsalted butter)
• 1/2 cup cardamoms, crushed
• 1 cup gud (jaggery), soft or grated
• 1/2 cup almonds and pistachios, sliced and chopped - optional
• 1 tbspn ghee for greasing the steel plate (or unsalted butter) 

Preparation

1. Slice and chop the almond pistachios.
2. Crush the cardamom.
3. Keep a steel plate greased with ghee aside.

Instructions

1. Heat the ghee in a non-stick pan for a minute.
2. Turn the heat to medium-high and stir in the whole wheat flour.
3. Keep stirring for 10 minutes till the mixture becomes homogenous, darkens in color, and is fragrant.
4. Take the pan off the heat.
5. Stir in the jaggery and the cardamom till the jaggery is dissoved in the mixture.
6. Pour into the greased plate.  
7. Sprinkle finely chopped pistachio and almonds on the plate.
8. Cut diamonds.
9. Serve when cool.