Lapashi Recipe | Sweet Dalia Recipe | Cracked Wheat Sheera Recipe

Yield: 3 Servings
Preparation Time: 5 mins
Cooking Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cracked wheat / Dalia/ Lapashi Rava
• 3 cups water
• 1 cup jaggery
• 3 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
• 1/4 assorted dry fruits slivered (raisins, almonds, cashew nuts, pistachios)
• 1 tsp cardamom powder
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder

Method:

1. Heat ghee in pan. Add cracked wheat. At the same time, heat 2 cups of water in vessel.
2. Roast cracked wheat on medium flame till golden brown color.
3. Add hot water to nicely roasted cracked wheat. Cover the pan and let it cook.
4. Take jaggery and remaining 1 cup of water in another vessel. Heat this mixture till jaggery dissolves completely. Keep on stirring in between to fasten the process.
5. Check if water in lapashi pan got absorbed and rava has been cooked partially.
6. Add jaggery water and dry fruits to this. Mix it and cover it till rava gets cooked completely. Dry fruits also gets cooked during this time.
7. Add cardamom powder and nutmeg powder at the end. Mix them well.
   
8. Your healthy breakfast\ snack is ready..... Serve hot.
   

Tip:

• Cooking on medium flame is important as if rava is not cooked properly, it ruins the taste.
• If you feel water added is too much and rava is already cooked then keep on stirring on high flame till water gets absorbed.

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