Authentic Kashmiri Shufta Recipe
Medley of rich dry fruits and cubes of paneer cooked in sugar syrup along with some aromatic spices makes this royal dessert Shufta.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup pistachios
- 1/4 cup almonds
- 1/4 cup cashews
- A1/4 cup walnuts
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup dry coconut
- 10 dry dates
- 100 gram paneer (cut into cubes)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
- 1/2 tsp dry ginger powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
- 8-10 saffron strands
- 1 tbsp dry rose petals
- 3 tsp desi ghee
- 1/4 cup drinking water
- Warm water for soaking
Instructions
- Take a bowl and add 1/4 cup pistachios, 1/4 cup almonds, 1/4 cup cashews, 1/4 cup walnuts and 1/4 cup raisins.
- Add warm water to soak them.
- Likewise soak 10 dry dates in hot water in another small bowl.
- Keep both soaked for 1 hour.
- After 1 hour, drain the water from the dry fruits.
- Also take the dry dates out and chop them into small pieces after removing the pith.
- Add 2 tbsp desi ghee in a pan.
- Add 1/4 cup dry coconut.
- Saute till coconut turns slightly brown.
- Take it out.
- Now add 100 gram paneer in the same pan. Paneer is cut into small chunks.
- Fry paneer till it turns brown from all sides.
- Take it out as well.
- As there wasn't enough ghee left in the pan, so added 1 more tbsp ghee in the pan.
- Now add the soaked dry fruits and dry dates.
- Saute them 2 minutes.
- Lastly add the coconut recently roasted, fried paneer, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 tsp black pepper powder, 1/2 tsp dry ginger powder, 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder, 1/2 tsp cardamom powder, 8-10 saffron strands and 1 tbsp dry rose petals.
- Give it a good mix.
- Then add 1/4 cup drinking water.
- Simmer till water is almost evaporated and only 2-3 tbsps of water is left.
- Shufta is ready. Serve hot or warm.