Dessert for 14

Soan Papdi

Name: Soan Papdi
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 14 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: oil for the baking tray; 125 g gram flour; 125 g plain flour; 150 g ghee; 1 tsp ground cardamom; 1 pinch saffron threads; 260 g white sugar; finely chopped pistachios to serve

Toast two flours in ghee, mix them with cardamom saffron syrup, and pull the mixture into thin layers.

Typical price

$0.79for 4 servings

$0.20 per serving$0.79 for 4

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80 minstart to table
Mediumdifficulty
14servings as written
$typical cost tier

Indian Vegetarian Budget Desserts

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
Nuts and seeds$0.70/oz typical	0.5 oz	$0.35Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$2.77

Pantry staples you likely have

Cooking spray, shortening, ghee, coconut and sesame oilFlourDried herbs, spices and seasoning blendsSugar and brown sugar

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Ingredients

oil for the baking tray
125 g gram flour
125 g plain flour
150 g ghee
1 tsp ground cardamom
1 pinch saffron threads
260 g white sugar
finely chopped pistachios to serve

Steps

Grease a 9-inch square baking tray with oil.
Melt the ghee in a large skillet, add both flours, and stir over low heat for 12 minutes.
Cook the sugar with 1/2 cup water in a saucepan for 10 minutes, then stir in the saffron and cardamom.
Pour the hot syrup into the flour mixture and stir until thick and sticky, about 8 minutes.
Cool the mixture until safe to handle, then pull and fold it repeatedly for 10 minutes.
Press the mixture into the tray, top with chopped pistachios, and cool for 30 minutes before cutting.