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Gul Papri

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Yield: 20 pieces
Gul papri is a traditional Gujarati sweet delight, offered to new moms to support postpartum recovery and boost milk production. Made with wheat flour, ghee (clarified butter), jaggery (sugar from cane juice) and unique spices. Rich, soft and it simply melts in your mouth.

Ingredients
 

  • 230 ml water
  • 400 g jaggery
  • 320 g ghee
  • 1/4 cup gond
  • 500 g wheat chapati flour, I use multigrain with oats and lentils
  • 1 tbsp katlu powder
  • 1/4 cup almonds, coarsely ground
  • 1/4 cup pistachios, coarsely ground
  • 5 saffron, strands
  • 1 tsp green cardamom pods

Instructions
 

  • In a saucepan, add the water and jaggery and cook on slow heat, until the jaggery is melted
  • In a separate pan, on medium heat, add 30 g of ghee. Once melted, add the gond, stirring to coat with ghee and cook until they swell and change colour. Set aside
  • In a separate pan on medium heat, add the remaining ghee. Once melted, stir in the flour, katlu powder and cook until brown. Stir continuously to prevent the flour mixture from sticking to the pan and burning
  • Add the cooked gond, most of the nuts (leaving some aside for sprinkling on top) and the jaggery to the flour mixture. Stir continuously on slow/medium heat, ensuring that the mixture does not stick to the pan and burn
  • Once the mixture dries and thicken, add the saffron and cardamom and stir well
  • Transfer the mixture into a baking tray, lined with parchment paper and flatten with a pallet knife
  • Sprinkle with the remaining nuts and slice into diamond-shaped pieces

Nutrition Information:

Calories: 245kcal (12%)Carbohydrates: 21g (7%)Protein: 1g (2%)Fat: 18g (28%)Saturated Fat: 10g (50%)Polyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 32mg (11%)Sodium: 0.3mgPotassium: 40mg (1%)Fiber: 1g (4%)Sugar: 20g (22%)Vitamin A: 650IU (13%)Vitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 10mg (1%)Iron: 0.2mg (1%)

Keep in mind that the nutritional values provided are approximations and suggestions, and might fluctuate depending on ingredient variations, portion sizes, and recipe adjustments. This nutrition facts table cannot account for your individual needs. Your body — including your hunger and satiety cues — change daily. It's perfectly fine to eat more or less on different days. Instead of letting food guilt take over, consider mindful eating.

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Cuisine: Desi, ethnic, Indian, South Asian
Course: Dessert, Snack
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