Badam Kaju Pista Burger

Ingredients:

1. Almond powder – 100 gms
2. Sugar – 60 gms & 25 gms & 20 gms
3. Anjir – 2 pieces
4. Cashew powder – 50 gms
5. Chopped almonds & pistachios – 2 tblsp
6. Chocolate colour, kesar & powdered cardamom – a little
7. Pistachio powder – 30 gms
8. Pista colour – a little.

Method:

• Make a sugar syrup of two-string consistency with 60 gms sugar and one fourth cup of water.
• Add powdered almond, mix it well and take it off the flame.
• Cool it.
• Cut the anjir into small pieces and soak them into one-fourth cup of water for four hours.
• Grind it well.
• Add the ground anjir and 25 gms sugar in a madai and heat it on a slow flame.
• Stir constinuously till it turns sticky in consistency.
• Add chocolate colour, kesar and powdered cashew.
• When it gets the consistency of a soft ball, take it off the flame.
• Add chopped pieces of almonds and pistachios. Cool it.
• Make a sugar syrup of less than one-string consitency with 20 gms sugar and one-eight cup of water.
• Add pista colour ot it and take it off the gas.
• Then add powdered pistachios.
• Mix it well and allow it to cool.
• Divide the formerly prepared almond dough into 30 parts.
• Then divide the anjir mixture and the pistachio mixture into 15 parts each.
• Take one part of the almond dough and press it a little in the shape of a bun.
• Place it on a greased butter paper.
• Then pace one part of the anjir mixture on it.
• After this, place one part of the pistachio mixture and slightly press it.
• Cover with another part of the almond dough.
• Bake these pieces in an oven on 150 degrees Celsius for 10-15 minutes till the burger turns light brown in colour.
• Cool it.
• Garnish with kesar.