Traditional Gujarati Mohanthal a.k.a Gram Flour Fudge with Nuts and Saffron Mohanthal is a traditional festive sweet made from sweetened besan flour and fudge flavoured with saffron and nuts.

SAFFRONLY MOHANTHAL

Saffron Mohanthal

Ingredients:

  • 550g besan flour also known as gram flour or chickpea flour
  • 7 tablespoons melted ghee / clarified butter dhrabo
  • Additional 125g ghee for roasting the dhrabo
  • 7 tablespoons full fat milk
  • 4 tablespoon milk powder
  • 425 g sugar
  • 15 – 20 strands saffron
  • 8 – 10 grounded cardamoms pods
  • 325ml water

Instructions:

  1. Mix 7 tablespoons of melted ghee with all of the full fat warm milk and add it to the gram flour to make a crumble type mixture in a pan, this is called the dhrabo – set this aside for 15 mins
  2. Sieve the dhrabo through a fine sieve to avoid big lumps
  3. Melt 125g of ghee in a big pan, add the dhrabo and stir consistently till it becomes golden on a medium flavour making sure it does not stick to the side of the pan 
  4. As soon as the mixture is golden, add 4 tbsp. of milk powder and stir it for a further 5 minutes and then turn off the flame. After turning off the flame – stir it for another 7 minutes and set it aside for it to cool
  5. In a separate pan place the sugar and water until it boils to make a one string type sugar syrup
  6. Let the syrup cool for about two to three minutes and then add all of the cardamon and add 90% of the saffron threads to the syrup
  7. Add the syrup to the gram flour mixture in step 4 and stir it for 3 to 5 minutes
  8. Pour the mixture in a bowl and garnish with some saffron threads and nuts. It is now ready to be served
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