Kutch Special Gulab Pak

About the Recipe

Here is the recipe of Roasted Gulab Pak, a famous traditional mithai of Kutch, Gujarat. It has the natural flavour of fresh Rose petals and is loaded with dry fruits. We can make it on festival or any special occasions. Oddy Ecobake helps in getting the perfect Gulab Pak without any greasing and no need for cleaning afterward.

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Ingredients

2 tbsp Ghee & Oddy Ecobake
1 Cup Milk Mawa/Unsweetened Khoya
1/4 tsp Alum Powder/Fitkari Powder
1 Cup Fresh Rose Petals
3/4 Cup Or as per taste Sugar
As required Almonds-Pistachio-Cashew Nuts Slivers
1 tsp Gulab Jal/Rose Water
1/4 tsp Cardamom Powder/Elaichi Powder
As required Dry Rose Petals (For Garnishing)

Directions

In a non-stick kadhai, heat up some ghee and add mawa or khoya. Roast it on low heat for sometime. Keep stirring.
Turn off the gas and take out the roasted mawa now. In a pan, boil 2 cups of milk and keep the flame high. Keep stirring.
As cream starts separating, mix it again with the milk. Then add alum powder to the milk and mix it well. Keep cooking at medium to high flame.
Now put in the roasted mawa in this. Mix all of this well and cook. Add in some fresh rose petals and mix it well.
You will see ghee getting separated from the batter. Then add the sugar and dry fruits. Mix all of this well. Cook until the sugar starts melting.
After 7-8 minutes, you will see the mixture getting separated from ghee. Turn off the flame. Then add rose water, cardamom powder and mix it well.
Take a tin lined with Oddy Ecobake and transfer the batter into it and set it properly with a spatula or spoon.
Garnish it with dry fruit slivers and dry rose petals. Slightly press the batter as shown and keep it aside for one hour.
After 1 hour, cut it into square pieces and serve them to your guests.

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