ALMOND & SESAME PINNI .What you need. Wheat flour: 2 cup Semolina: 2½ tbsp Roasted almond slivers: ¼ cup Roasted white sesame powder: ¼ cup Pure ghee: ¾ cup . Gram flour (besan): 1½ tbsp Sugar: 1 cup Water: ½ cup Green cardamom powder: ½ tsp Roasted white sesame: 1 tbsp Roasted whole almonds: 3 tbsp .Method . Heat ghee in a pan, add semolina and wheat flour to it. Roast the mixture till a golden colour is achieved. Mix the sugar and water in a pan, and put it over low heat. Cook till single string sugar syrup is formed. Mix the sugar syrup with the wheat flour mixture. Add the green cardamom powder. Cook the mixture till it becomes a little dry. Add the roasted almond flakes and ground white sesames to the mixture and mix well. Allow the mixture to cool. Divide the mixture into equal parts and shape it into rounds. Cut the roasted almond into halves and place it over the pinnis and roll the pinnis gently in roasted white sesame. .Courtesy: Chef Manish Mehrotra.
