Description
A mysteriously textured sweet roasting chickpea flour, wheat flour, and Ghee, pulling boiled sugar syrup into thin threads to coat the dough, and solidifying into cubes.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Chickpea flour
- Wheat flour
- Sugar
- Ghee
- Cardamom
- Pistachios
- Almonds
- Water
Instructions
- Heat Ghee in a pan, roast chickpea flour and wheat flour until fragrantly golden.
- Boil sugar and water into starch syrup, pull, stretch, and fold repeatedly while hot to make countless thin syrup threads.
- Put syrup threads into roasted flour, coat gently without crushing fibers. Press into mold, chill to set, slice into squares to finish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Cardamom
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
None
Pairing
Black coffee、Straight tea
Trivia
[Hardcore] A massive staple gift invariably sold in beautiful boxes at Indian supers/souvenir shops. The crispy texture halfway between Japanese cotton candy and pie crust is a huge hit with foreign tourists.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Squeeze gently with fingers as it crumbles with force, savoring the Ghee aroma that puffs and melts the moment it enters your mouth!
Allergen
Wheat, Soy, Dairy, Tree nuts