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Gujarati Cuisine: Dessert, Sweet

Wheat Sweet Khichado is very tasty and healthy winter special sweet. Populer sweet for sankranti / uttarayan festival in Gujarat and many part of India.

How To Cook:

Wheat Sweet Khichado - nutritious, heavenly and delicious Gujarati sweet dish prepared from cracked wheat, milk and lots of dry fruits, In Gujarat. Mostly during festival of Uttarayan / Makar Sankranti (a kite festival)

Step 1: Soak pounded wheat in 1 litre warm water for 7 - 8 hours.

Step 2: Soak split pigeon bean in 400ml water for 7 - 8 hours.

Step 3: Drain the water from pounded wheat and split pigeon bean after soaking them.

Step 4: Heat 2 tablespoon ghee in cooker and add pieces of cinnamon and cloves to it. Then add drained pounded wheat, split pigeon beans and groundnut to it. Ad...d 100 - 150ml water or milk and boil the mixture by closing the lid of cooker. (let the pressure come for 3 to 4 times).

Step 5: Once boiled let the mixture rest for some-time. Then add sugar, raisin, almonds, pieces of cashew, nutmeg, cardamom and saffron (soaked in milk). Stir the mixture well till sugar dissolves.

Step 6: Serve hot.

Note: Don't add sugar while boiling.

Kaywords: Wheat Sweet Khichado, Sweet Whole Wheat khichado, Gahu No Galyo Khichdo, Gadhio Khichdo, Makara/Makar Sankranti Sweet, Uttarayan Sweet

For Queen's Kitchen, Recipe by: Dr. Ranna Pandya, Ishita Pandya

For Queen's Kitchen
Recipe by: Dr. Ranna Pandya, Ishita Pandya

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