Aate Ki Pinni is a traditional Punjabi Sweet Recipe, generally prepared during winter. It is an easy and quick recipe. It is prepared with the ingredients available in every Indian kitchen - whole wheat flour/ Aata, clarified butter/ Desi ghee, dry fruits and sugar. It can be served as a snack, or as a dessert after the meal. It can even prepared for any occasion/festival like Lohri, Makar Sankranti etc. Here is the recipe with step by step instructions and pictures.
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2. Take ½ cup of Clarified Butter/Ghee in a heavy bottomed wok/vessel and melt it. Moderately heated Clarified Butter is required to roast dry fruits. Firstly, add 100 gms Almonds and roast them then after 2-3 mins add 100 gms cashew nuts to it. Roast them till crunchy and golden brown on low flame.
3. Take them out on a plate and allow them to cool down.
4. In the same pan add 50 gms raisins and roast for 1-2 mins. or until raisins puffed. Take out them in a bowl.
5. In the same pan add 20 gms Lotus Seeds/ Makhane and roast them till they become golden, crispy & crunchy.
6. Take out the makhane also in a bowl.
7. Now, crush the makhane to a coarse powder with the help of of rolling board and pin.
8. Similarly, crush the almonds and cashew nuts with the help of rolling pin. You can also coarsely grind them on a pulse mode. Keep them aside.
9. In the vessel/wok, add the remaining ghee and melt it.
10. Then add 500 gms Aata/ wheat flour to the ghee and roast.
11. Keep roasting on low flame by breaking lumps if present.
12. Roast it for around 30-40 minutes while stirring on low to medium flame or until it turns golden brown without burning. Switch off the flame when the roasted fragrant aroma of wheat flour comes and stir it for a while. Let it cool.
13. Then add 1 tsp green cardamom powder and crushed makhane to it.
14. Also add crushed dry fruits and roasted raisins to it and mix them well.
15. Finally, add 400 gms Sugar to it. I have used brown sugar, you can use regular powdered sugar also. If you like less sweet then add 350 gms Sugar.
16. Mix all the sugar well. The mixture is ready for the Pinni.
17. Take a small portion of the mixture and bind it into the round shaped ball.
18. Place a piece of Cashew or Almond over it and bind it. Prepare all the Pinnis in the same way. You can make 40 medium-sized Pinnis out of the prepared mixture. The count may vary depending on the size of pinni.
19. Traditional Punjabi Aata Pinni is ready to serve. Store them in an air-tight container and enjoy them for upto 2 months.
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