Healthy Oats Sweet

Ingradients:

Oats                                - 1/2 cup

Almonds                         - 1/4 cup

Pistachios                       - 1/4 cup

Cashew nuts                   - 1/4 cup

Walnuts                          - 1/4 cup

Dates                              - 1 cup (Seedless)

Poppy seeds                   - 1 tbsp

Edible gum powdered    - 1 tsp (optional)

Cardamom powder         - 1/4 tsp

Powdered pistachios       - 1 tbsp (for garnishing)

Clarified Butter/ Ghee    - 1/4 cup

Method:

* Heat pan and add ghee to it. Now fry all the dry fruits until they give out a nice aroma. Remove them and set aside to cool.

* In the same pan saute the oats in the remaining ghee. After a couple of minutes remove it from the pan and set it aside.

* Add very little ghee and fry the edible gum on very low flame. It will puff up. Remove it in a bowl.

* Grind all the dry fruits coarsely in a dry grinder.

* Now in the same pan saute the chopped seedless dates and keep stirring until they melt and form into a lump

*  If you think they are not becoming soft then sprinkle 2 tbsps of water and stir well until they soften.

* Now add the ground dry fruits, fried edible gum and poppy seeds.

* Keep stirring until they are mixed up well and form into a lump.

* Brush a flat plate with a little ghee.

* Remove the prepared sweet and flatten it with spatula.

* Garnish with pistachio powder. Allow it to cool before cutting it.

..Divya