Dry Fruits and Cottage Cheese dipped in Sugar Syrup [Shufta] - A Royal Sweet Dish



A very royal sweet dish from Kashmir made of dry fruits dipped in sugar syrup. This is usually served hot at times of marriage or any special festive occasion. It is a very good source of nutrients and helps to keeps the body hot during winter days.

Ingredients: (Serving 5)

  • Cottage Cheese Paneer 125gms (cut in small cubes(
  • Dry Coconut 50gms (cut insmall pieces)
  • Almonds (Blanched) 50gms
  • Sugar 200 gms
  • Ginger Powder ½  tsp
  • Cashew nuts 50gms
  • Dry Dates 50 gms (cut insmall pieces)
  • Raisins 50gms
  • Few Green Cardamom
  • Few Cloves
  • Few Whole Black Pepper
  • Cinnamon stick 1 inch
  • Dry Apricot (Optional)
  • Clarified Butter (Desi Ghee 2 tbsp)
  • Water
Method:
  • Take a frying pan and heat the Clarified Butter (Desi Ghee)in it.
  • After its hot enough start frying the Cottage cheese.
  • Take out the cottage Cheese just before it starts turning golden brown in color.
  • Now in the remaining butter sauté all the other dry fruits that is: Dry Dates, Coconut, Raisins, Dry Apricot, Cashew nuts, Almonds just for 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Pour I full glass water into the dry fruit mixture or as much that it gets totally submerged in water.
  • Let us now add sugar, crushed Cinnamon & Cardamom, Cloves, Black pepper seeds, Ginger powder and the fried cottage cheese pieces.
  • Boil to cook for 10 minutes.
  • Serve hot garnished with coconut powder.

Tips:
  • The sugar syrup should be of one thread consistency, that is it should not be too thick.

Variations:
  • You can experiment by adding any other dry fruits apart from those mentioned.
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