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Prepared with dried apricots, Qubani ka meetha is a famous sweet dish of Hyderabad. This sweet dish is the common feature of Hyderabadi weddings. It is a very simple recipe, and the best part is that it can be prepared at home easily with less effort and a few ingredients.
Here is a simple way to prepare Qubani ka meetha.
Ingrediants
Dried Apricots (Qubani) – 250 gms
Sugar – 1 cup (you can add more depending on how sweet the apricots are)
Method
- First wash the apricots and soak it in water in deep bowl overnight.
- Next day, slit the sides of soaked apricots, remove seeds from the soaked apricots, break open the seeds, remove the nuts (similar to almonds) from them and keep it aside.
In a non stick vessel or pan, boil the apricots in the same water.- Add sugar and cook on medium flame stirring occasionally till the apricots becomes soft.
- Once done, let it cool down. Pour half of the boiled apricots in the blender and blend it.
- Pour the blended apricot paste and other half cooked apricots back in to the vessel/pan. Cook for 5-10 minutes till it reaches desired thickness. Add water if required.
- Taste to check for sugar. If required, add more.
- Then add the nuts to the prepared Qubani ka meetha.
- Serve chilled with cream, custard or malai.
Tips
- For quick preparation, you can pressure cook the soaked apricots with the same syrup.
- Try with ice cream.
- Tastes best when eating chilled
- Cook it in a non stick vessel/cooker
“Simplicity is the essence of this dish”, give a try to enjoy this temptation at home.