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Sukhdi

The jaggery goes in equal to the flour and only once the pan is off the heat, then it sets and is cut.

Vegetarian, but not vegan — contains dairy (ghee).

Ingredients

Method

  1. THE JAGGERY GOES IN EQUAL TO THE FLOUR AND ONLY ONCE THE PAN IS OFF THE HEAT, THEN IT SETS AND IS CUT. Its article gives all three in one sentence and each is a decision: the whole wheat flour is roasted in an AMPLE AMOUNT of ghee till it turns aromatic and BROWNISH; grated jaggery, IN EQUAL AMOUNT OF FLOUR, is added AFTER REMOVING PAN FROM THE HEAT; and the mixture is transferred to a plate TO SET, levelled, and pieces created. Three ingredients and no liquid at all. Taking the pan off before the jaggery is what keeps it soft -- jaggery cooked in hot fat goes to caramel and the finished sukhdi would snap rather than yield.
  2. EQUAL AMOUNT MEANS EQUAL, AND IT LOOKS LIKE TOO MUCH. Two hundred and fifty grams of jaggery to two hundred and fifty of flour. Less and it will not set.
  3. THE ROASTING IS LONG AND THE COLOUR IS THE TEST. Its article says aromatic and brownish. Fifteen minutes over a low heat, stirred constantly, until the flour has gone the colour of weak tea and smells nutty. This is the only cooking the dish gets.
  4. THE GHEE IS AMPLE, WHICH ITS ARTICLE'S OWN WORD IS. A hundred and eighty grams. The mixture should look wet and pourable while it roasts.
  5. THE PAN COMES OFF AND THEN THE JAGGERY GOES IN. Off the flame entirely, not just turned down, and stirred fast. It melts into the hot flour in about thirty seconds.
  6. IT IS POURED OUT AT ONCE AND LEVELLED, BECAUSE IT SETS FAST. Into a greased tray, spread with the back of a spoon. Hesitate and it stiffens in the pan.
  7. IT IS CUT WHILE STILL WARM AND LIFTED WHEN COLD. Scored into squares after five minutes, separated after half an hour. Cut cold it shatters.
  8. ALL THREE INGREDIENTS ARE RICH AND ITS ARTICLE SAYS SO PLAINLY. It notes all three are high in calories. Twenty pieces from this, not six.
  9. IT KEEPS LIKE A BISCUIT, WHICH IS WHAT ITS ARTICLE COMPARES IT TO. A staple snack like biscuits, kept in a tin.

Our own recipe. This one was written for this site rather than taken from anywhere, so there is no source to point you at. The quantities and the order of the steps are choices, not the only way to do it.

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