Pinni is a traditional Punjabi sweet dish. Pinni is a colorful sweet dish and it cames in various shapes like ball shape, square shape, and in a oval shape.

Cooking ingredients varies with different types of pinnis but one ingredient that remains common in every pinnis is deshi ghee.

Punjab is very rich in milk product and the clarified butter supplied from this region is very flavorful and the taste is also very rich so it is obvious sweets made from this ghee will be too delectable. This ghee made sweets are bit calorific so you have to burn few calories after having this pinnis.

Depending on the ingredients you can have various types of pinni such as atta pinni, gond besan pinni, badam pinni, Amritsari pinni etc.

Today we will share the pinni that is made from urad dal. This is a delicious festive sweet and can be served as an authentic Indian dessert after any exotic meal.

Preparation time 2 hour

Cooking time 1 hour

Serves 4 to 6

Pinni Ingredients

2 cups Urad dal (split skinless black gram dal)

½ cup Pure deshi ghee (clarified butter)

2 tbsp Besan (gram flour)

1 tbsp Wheat flour

1 ½ cup Sugar

2 tbsp Mixed melon seed

2tbsp Chopped pistachio

1 cup grated Khoya (mawa)

1 tsp of cardamom powder

6 Roasted almond

How to make Pinni

Soak urad dal for about 2 hours and then drain and grind in to a smooth paste.

While you grind use very little water and if possible grind without water.

In a pan roast the almonds, mixed melon seeds and pistachio separately and keep aside.

In a pan add 1 cup water and sugar, start making sugar syrup of one thread consistency.

Simultaneously on a kadai or heavy bottomed pan heat desi ghee now add the gram flour and wheat flour and sauté for 5 to 6 minutes.

Now add the dal paste and go on continue to stir on a medium low flame for half an hour.

Add khoya to the urad dal and then go on stirring for another 5 to 6 minutes till the khoya mix well with the dal paste.

Add the cardamom powder and mix well.

Add sugar syrup and mix well and cook continuously stirring the mixture still it became bit dry.

Add the mixed melon seed and chopped pistachio mix well.

Now put off the flame, in greased tray spread the mixture evenly and let in cool.

Now you can give them the shape of square pinnis or divide in equal parts and give shape of a round or oval pinnis. Top them with ghee roasted almond.

Give it a try and you will love this Punjabi sweet pinni.