Pinnie

Ingredients for Pinnie:

Wheat Flour - 250 gms
Ghee - 250 gms
Sugar - 250 gm, ground
Milk - 60 ml
Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

Method for Pinnie:

Melt the ghee in a deep non-stick pan on slow fire. Add wheat flour and stir. Keep cooking by stirring continuously on a medium flame. Let it cook till the flour gets slight brownish in colour.

Remove from flame and allow it to cool at room temperature. Do this by spreading the flour on a large plate.

Sprinkle cardamom powder and ground sugar to it and mix well. Add milk and mix again. With your hands roll them in shape of laddoos.

Tip: A typical Punjabi sweet, Pinnie is prepared during festive occasions like Lohri, i.e Makar Sankranti in Punjab. Pinnie made with above measurements serve 4 and can be cooked in just about 40 minutes.


Try out other Makar Sankranti Sweets:

Atta Laddoos (Uttar Pradesh)

Pongal (Tamil Nadu)

Til Poli (Maharashtra)