We make these khantoli on Ganesh Chaturthi in Konkan. In konkan, rice rava is used for making khantoli but I have made it using samolina. Ganpati has seven days of Naivaidya. Then on the first day there are modaks and then from the second day onwards there are different types of sweets in Naivedya. So we show this offering to Bappa ...

Khantoli

By Deepa Gad

Jan, 13th

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Servings

6 persons

Cook Time

50 minutes

Ingredients

6 - 8

Ingredients

150 grams thick semolina
1 tbsp ghee
150 gram jaggery
400 to 450 ml water
1/4 cup wet coconut
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
For Decoration : coconut & cherries

Instructions

Add ghee to the pan and fry the semolina well.

First heat the water in a pan over a gas.

Roast semolina, add wet coconut and saute.

Then add jaggery, add hot water little by little and stir. Add turmeric powder and mix well. Cover and cook over low heat.

Remove the lid and see the semolina blooms well then add cardamom powder on it. Mix well.

Grease the plate. Spread the mixture on a plate and press it in spatula.

Cut with a knife in diamond shape.

Remove to a plate and garnish with coconut and cherries. Sweet naivedya khantoli ready for Bappa ...

Notes/Tips

For this you can use rice rava instead of samolina

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