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Kansar
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Kansar

Fine broken wheat cooked fluffy, then drenched at the table with hot ghee and sugar. Gujarat's wedding sweet.

35 minTime
5 gProtein each
mildSpice
The auspicious sweet2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayFluffy lapsi with ghee and sugar poured over at the table.
The original
471kcal
5 gprotein
5 gfibre
35minutes

Kansar as served at Gujarati weddings.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

4 servings
Broken wheat (cracked wheat)¾ cup fine lapsi
Ghee½ cup, divided
Water2 cups, hot
Sugar½ cup plus extra to serve
Cardamom½ tsp

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Heat 3 tbsp ghee and roast the broken wheat on low, stirring, for 8 to 10 minutes.
  2. 2Pour in the hot water carefully, it will splutter. Cover and cook on low until all the water is absorbed and the wheat is soft.
  3. 3Add half the sugar and cardamom, stir gently and cook 3 minutes more.
  4. 4Serve in bowls and pour the remaining warm ghee and sugar over at the table.
Serve it like this

Serve warm in a katori with ghee poured over and a spoon of sugar on top.

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