Indian Cooking Recipe: Shufta
The following are the instructions on how to cook delicious Indian food: Shufta
Ingredients:
1. 'Panir' 125 gm
2. Sugar 250 gm
3. Sweet Kernels of Almonds or Apricots 25 gm
4. 'Munaqqas' (Big dark Raisins with seeds) 25 gm
5. Dry Apricots 50 gm
6. Dry Dates 50 gm
7. Dry Coconut 25 gm
8. 'Ghi' 50 gm
9. Black Cardamom Powder 1/2 tsp
10. Cinnamon Powder 1/2 tsp
11. Ginger Powder 1/2 tsp
12. Black Pepper Powder 1/2 tsp
13. Salt
Method of Preparation:
1. Dice 'Panir' into about 1/2" cubes.
2. Blanch Apricot or Almond Kernels.
3. Stem and wash ‘Munaqqas’ slit open and discard seeds.
4. Wash the Apricots, cut open and take out stones Crack stones to get kernels, and if these are no bitter use these also after blanching. Then split Apricot halves into smaller pieces.
5. Soak dry Dates for an hour. Halve these, and remove stones, and horny tops. Chop each half into 3 or 4 squarish pieces
6. Pare Coconut, and dice into very small cubes.
7. Soak, in a cup of water, all the prepared Dry Fruits, for a few hours before cooking.
1. Deep fry in a steel 'Kadhai', or 'Patila' on slow fire, the diced cheese ('Panir'), while turning it with a perforated ladle, so that pieces fry golden brown, evenly without getting charred.
2. Add a cup of water, the Sugar and all the soaked Dry Fruits, along with the water in which these were soaked, and go on turning with a broad steel spatula. After about 15 minutes of boiling the Dry Fruit soften, and the syrup thickens to a jelly like consistency.
3. Add Spices and Salt. Turn again with the spatula. 'Shufta' is ready for serving.
