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Amrati

A Pakistani dessert of yogurt, flavoured with saffron and cardamom and cooked in a pan.

4 min · Serves 4 · Easy

Serves
4

Ingredients

Time
Prep 3 min · Cook 1 min · 4 min total
Difficulty
easy
  1. 1

    Sift flour and baking powder 3-4 times through sieve. In a separate bowl, mix food color, saffron and yogurt.

  2. 2

    Now mix yogurt mixture into sifted flour and baking powder. Use warm water (if need). Put aside this batter for 1-2 hours.

    120 min
  3. 3

    Place a pan with 2 cup water, rose water and sugar on the stove. Cook it till sugar melts and it changes to sticky golden syrup. Turn off stove and add cardamom powder/essence and stir it for a few minutes.

  4. 4

    In another pan, heat oil for wok frying. Pour batter in a ketchup dispenser. Squeeze batter from dispenser over the heated oil in coiled circles. Do this randomly to make a thick coil. Fry till light golden.

  5. 5

    Remove it from oil and put it directly into the golden syrup. Soak it into the syrup for approximately 5 minutes then remove and place it in a dry serving dish.

    5 min

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