Besan Barfi(Mohan Thal)

Ingredients:

• 500 grams gram flour.
• 500 grams ghee
• 1/2 cup milk.
• 250 grams unsweetened mava or khoya.(or milk poweder)
  
• 350 grams sugar.
• 2 tblsps. coarsely pounded cardamom seeds.
• 1/2 tsp. essence of saffron.
• 25 grams each of charoli, almonds and pistachio nuts.
• Silver foil.

Method:

Add 50 grams of ghee to flour and mix nicely. Put in the milk, mix thoroughly and pass through a fine sieve. Put 2 cups water in sugar and prepare a syrup of one-thread consistency. Remove from fire and keep it warm.

Blanch and slice all the nuts. Heat the remaining ghee and fry the flour till it turns golden coloured and a nice smell emanates from it. Add khoya, carda­moms and nuts and cook till the mixture turns smooth and khoya turns a nice brown colour.

Add syrup and keep on stirring till the mixture turns thick and leaves the sides of the vessel add essence.

Put the mixture in a greased thali, level the surface, cover with foil and set aside to turn cold, then cut into small pieces and store in air­tight container.