Varo (Indian Praline With Mixed Nuts) ~~ICC

Our this month's Indian Cooking Challenge was this Indian praline with mixed dry nuts, its a sindhi special sweets for diwali and this sweets is quite a rich, nutty sweets to enjoy anytime, actually this varo ressembles very much like our chikki we made either with peanuts or with any nuts with jaggery, but varo goes for sugar, ghee and different varieties of nuts..Thanks a ton to Srivalli for choosing this fabulous varo for this month's challenge, i enjoyed making and munching them thoroughly..Srivalli choosed two types of varos, one is from Simply Sindhi Recipes and the second one is from Madhvi's Foolproof Recipes..My choice went for the first one..

Ingredients:

• 1cup Mixed Nuts (Sliced nuts like almonds, cashew nuts, pistachios)
• 2tbsp Dry coconut flakes
• 1tbsp Poppy seeds
• 1tsp Cardamom powder
• 1cup Sugar
• 1tbsp Butter

Method:
In a heavy bottomed pan, melt the sugar with ghee in medium high flame, within few minutes the sugar turns to light brown colour thick syrup, add the sliced nuts, poppy seeds,dry coconut flakes, cardamom powder, mix everything well until the nuts get well coated with the caramelized sugar..

Pour this mixture in a greased plate, flatten the mixture quickly with a rolling pin, let them sit for few seconds and slice them as u desire..Conserve them in an air tightened box and enjoy munching..

via Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes