Pinni Recipe 

Pinni Ingredients

• 2 cups Urad dal (split skinless black gram dal)
• ½ cup Pure deshi ghee (clarified butter)
• 2 tbsp Besan (gram flour)
• 1 tbsp Wheat flour
• 1 ½ cup Sugar
• 2 tbsp Mixed melon seed
• 2tbsp Chopped pistachio
• 1 cup grated Khoya (mawa)
• 1 tsp of cardamom powder
• 6 Roasted almond

How to make Pinni

Soak urad dal for about 2 hours and then drain and grind in to a smooth paste.
While you grind use very little water and if possible grind without water.
In a pan roast the almonds, mixed melon seeds and pistachio separately and keep aside.
In a pan add 1 cup water and sugar, start making sugar syrup of one thread consistency.
Simultaneously on a kadai or heavy bottomed pan heat desi ghee now add the gram flour and wheat flour and sauté for 5 to 6 minutes.
Now add the dal paste and go on continue to stir on a medium low flame for half an hour.
Add khoya to the urad dal and then go on stirring for another 5 to 6 minutes till the khoya mix well with the dal paste.
Add the cardamom powder and mix well.
Add sugar syrup and mix well and cook continuously stirring the mixture still it became bit dry.
Add the mixed melon seed and chopped pistachio mix well.
Now put off the flame, in greased tray spread the mixture evenly and let in cool.
Now you can give them the shape of square pinnis or divide in equal parts and give shape of a round or oval pinnis. Top them with ghee roasted almond.