
- Serves
- 6
- Portion
- ≈60 g
- Time
- Cook 20 min
- Texture
- Soft
- Season
- All year
- Dosha
- Vata
- Pitta
- Kapha
Cooling, nourishing
Ingredients
What you need
| Done | Ingredient | Household measure | Quantity (6 servings) | Café batch ×5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water-chestnut (singhara) flour | ¾ cup water-chestnut flour | 100 g | 500 g | |
| Ghee (cow) | 3 tbsp | 40 g | 200 g | |
| Cow's milk, whole | 1 cup | 250 ml | 1250 ml | |
| Water | ¾ cup + 1 tbsp | 200 ml | 1000 ml | |
| Mishri / sugar | ⅓ cup | 60 g | 300 g | |
| Green cardamom | ¼ tsp | 1 g | 5 g | |
| Almonds | 8, slivered | 10 g | 50 g |
Method
How to cook it
Step 1: Roast singhara flour in ghee on low 8 minutes until it darkens slightly and smells nutty.
Step 2: Heat milk and water together.
Step 3: Add the hot liquid gradually, stirring constantly (it thickens fast).
Step 4: Add mishri; cook until it leaves the sides (3–4 minutes).
Step 5: Add cardamom and almonds.
Nutrition
Per serving, estimated
192kcal
Energy
2.5g
Protein
9.2g
Fat
24.5g
Carbohydrate
0.9g
Fibre
0g
Salt
Where the energy comes from
Protein and carbohydrate × 4 kcal/g, fat × 9 kcal/g
Estimated from IFCT 2017 / USDA composition tables; not for clinical use.
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