Churma ja ladu

We also made these, on Saturday, they are for Shaheen and Mohsin's majlis on Tuesday 21st November.

Ingredients

1lb whole meal flour

4 oz chickpea flour

14 oz gur

4 oz milk powder

½ cup oil

8 oz butter

2 oz pistachios 2 oz chopped almonds

1 oz sultanas

1 ¼ teaspoon roughly ground cardamom

1 gm saffron

2 ½ tsp ground nutmeg

2 oz poppy seeds

makes 16-20 depending on the size

Method

Mix the two flours, add the oil and rub well, add some warm water to make a firm dough.

Shape the dough in flat oval shaps about ¾ inch and deep fry

When cool, grind or break them into a coarse powder

Heat the butter in a large saucepan, and melt the grated gur,

as soon as it starts bubbling, remove from heat and add:

1. milk powder

2. all the spices, (accept for poppy seeds), and saffron

3. the nuts (we did not have any pistas) and sultanas

4. the coarsely ground fried flour mixture

mix thoroughly, shape the mixture into desired size balls and roll them in the poppy seeds.