Jaggery Caramelized Lotus Seeds recipe is very healthy, easy, delicious and festive snack recipe. This is simple recipe, prepared with very few ingredients, fox nuts sweetened with jaggery syrup and coated with sesame seeds. It is perfect recipe for Winter. It can be prepared for festivals like Makar Sankranti and also served during the fasting as it contains all the required nutrients. Even kids also enjoy this snack very much. Here is the recipe with step by step instructions and pictures.
1. Firstly, heat a pan and add 2 tbsp sesame seeds to it. Dry roast them for 2 mins. on low flame. Then take them out in a plate and keep aside.
2. In the same pan, add 1 heaped full cup of Makhana/fox nuts and dry roast them on low flame for 4-5 mins or until they become crunchy and keep them aside.
3. Now, in a pan heat 1 tsp desi ghee/ clarified butter and then add 1/4 cup or 75 gms jaggery to it.
4. Then add 1 tbsp water and cook till jaggery melts. Also add a pinch of green cardamom powder to it.
5. Stir on low flame, till it turns frothy.
6. Check the consistency, by dropping syrup into a bowl of water, it should form a soft ball, else boil for another minute and check.
7. Switch off the flame. Add roasted makhana and mix well. Make sure all Makhana coated well with jaggery.
8. Grease a plate with ghee and sprinkle all roasted sesame seeds, then transfer hot jaggery coated makhana to the plate.
9. Mix well all the lotus seeds with spoon, so that sesame seeds also coat on the makhana. Cool completely.
10. Transfer to serving bowl or container as Gud Makhana are ready to serve. Enjoy healthy snack jaggery caramelized lotus seeds.
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