Gund Pak

Name: Gund Pak
Ingredients: ½ tsp saffron; 1 lb granulated sugar; ½ cup evaporated milk; 12 oz wholemeal flour; Almond flakes and slivered pistachios; 1 lb best ghee (I warned you); 9 oz small pieces of gum; 1 cup water; ½ tsp nutmeg; 1 tsp ground cardamom; White poppy seeds

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Settler's Cookbook

By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

1 lb best ghee (I warned you)
9 oz small pieces of gum
1

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Fry the gum in a small amount of hot ghee until it makes popping sounds. Remove and add rest of the ghee.
To this add the flour and stir as it cooks, until it is a rich brown colour.
Stir in the milk and cook for three minutes, then remove from heat.
Pulverize the gum in a grinder. (This is a hard recipe and shows love and care if you make it f