Sunthawada

Yield: 3.5-4 Kg
Time: 4-5 hours

Ingredients:

• 2 kg dry dates(yellow)
• 1/2 kg sugar
• 1/4 kg almonds
• 1/4 kg cashew nuts
• 1/4 kg dink (edible gum)
• 1/4 kg coconut
• 100 gms raisins
• 100 gms poppy seeds
• 50 gms dry ginger
• 1/2 kg + 1/2 kg ghee
• 50 gms fenugreek seeds
• 100 gm ahaliv (halim seeds\garen cress seeds)
• 2 pieces nutmeg
• 100 gms cardamom
• 100 gms walnuts
• 1/4 kg battisa powder

Method:

1. Make a powder of dried dates.
2. Fry dink in a ghee.
3. Roast poppy seeds.
4. Roast fenugreek seeds in few tbsp of ghee.
5. Roast Ahaliv.
6. Make a powder of each ingredient and mix all powders together.
7. Heat ghee till it melts.
8. Once it is cooled partially, add it to a powder mixture.
9. Keep it open until it cools completely.
   This can be preserved for 1-2 months