Ingredients:
Urad dal - 2 cups
Sugar - 3 cups
Water - 300 ml
Saffron - 2 or 3 twigs
Cardamom - 0.5 teaspoon, ground
Ghee or butter - 500 gm
Steps:
Soak urad dal overnight in plenty of water.
Wash and drain.
Grind to fine thick batter.
Add water in little amounts, add saffron colour and mix well.
Keep aside for 3 hours.
Prepare syrup with sugar and water to string consistency.
Add cardomom powder to syrup.
Heat butter or ghee in a frying pan.
Using either an imarti bottle or fine cloth form imartis in the hot ghee.
Fry on low flame and allow the imartis to crisp turning once.
Remove from ghee, drain the extra fat and dip in hot syrup.
Soak for 3-4 minutes, drain and serve hot.
