Name: Malida(Afgan sweet) recipe by Reena Andavarapu at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 12 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: Leftover chapatis - 4; Chopped dry nuts (almonds, cashew) - 2 to 3 tbsps; Dry Black current / cranberries - 1 to 2 tsp (optional); Jaggery - 3 tbsp grated; Ghee - 1 tbsp; Cardamon powder - 1/2 tsp

ABOUT Malida(Afgan sweet) RECIPE

It's a whole wheat Afghan sweet made with leftover chapatis, sweetened with jaggery and flavoured with cardamon and dry nuts. Have it as a snack at tea time or pack it in your kids lunch box for a quick boost of energy.

Ingredients Serving: 10

Leftover chapatis - 4
Chopped dry nuts (almonds, cashew) - 2 to 3 tbsps
Dry Black current / cranberries - 1 to 2 tsp (optional)
Jaggery - 3 tbsp grated
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Cardamon powder - 1/2 tsp

Instructions

Tear the leftover chapatis and pulse to coarse powder in a grinder.
Add the cardamon powder and grated jaggery and pulse again for a nice mix
Roast the chopped nuts and berries in ghee
Invert the coarse wheat mixture in a bowl. Add the fried nuts alongwith the ghee
Now mix and make small lemon sized balls of the mixture
Healthy and nutritious malida is ready to snack on

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