Ingredients

• 125 g - each of rice flour and rava
• 250 g - each of sugar and khoya
• 1 tbsp - seeds of big cardamoms
• a few drops of yellow food coloring
• 25 g - each of raisins and blanched and sliced almonds, pistachios and charoli
• 1 tsp - either essence of rose or saffron
• silver foil
• pinch of baking powder

How to Make Darvesh

• Mix together rice flour and rava and baking powder and put in enough water to make a thick batter.
• Add the colour, beat till smooth and set aside for 15 mins.
• Mix sugar with 2 cups of water and prepare a syrup of one thread consistency.
• Remove from fire and keep it hot. Now prepare bundis from the batter.
• When the mixture is used up, and the bundi is in the syrup, mix in khoya, nuts, raisins and cardamoms and blend thoroughly.
• Form the mixture into round balls.
• Cover with foil and set aside to turn cold, then store in air tight tin.