CELEBRATING GURUPURAB WITH KARAH PARSHAD

On the ocassion of Guru Nanak Gurupurab, I decided to make karah parshad, a wheat flour sweet that I had tasted as an offering to devotees when I had visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar. While my karah parshad is no comparison to that served in the Golden Temple and also I do not know the prayers recited while preparing it, but it is my humble food tribute on this auspicious ocassion to this wonderful spiritual destination.
The recipe is easy to put together as it entails just four ingredients- whole wheat flour, ghee, sugar and water. The former three are taken in equal quantities while the amount of water to be used is the sum total of quantities of the former three ingredients.

So here is my recipe:

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 30-40 minutes
Serves: 4-5
Ingredients:

• 100 gm Whole wheat flour (atta)
• 100 gm Ghee
• 100 gm Sugar
• 300 ml Water
• Almond slivers for garnishing (optional)

Method:

1. Add sugar to water and mix vigorously to dissolve it completely. Keep aside. (I prefer not to make sugar syrup by heating sugar and water for this parshad. But if you are comfortable working with sugar syrup you can do so.)
2. Heat a kadhai on low-medium flame. Add ghee to it and allow the ghee to melt completely.
3. Add the flour once the ghee has melted and roast stirring continuously for 15-20 minutes or until the flour changes from a cream white color to a beige brown color or darker. The flour should give off a good roasted aroma at this stage.
4. Spoon the sugar water gradually into the flour-ghee mixture stirring continuously and cook for about 10 minutes or until the mixture begins to thicken forming a smooth lump and leaves sides of the kadhai.
5. Pull off the stove and serve hot garnished with almond slivers.

So, do try out this recipe and let me know how it turned out.
Till then HAPPY COOKING…