Shunti mitai ( ginger candy)

 

Ingredients 

 Fresh Ginger paste( shunti//adarak)—1 cup

Jaggery powder (Bella//gud)—2 cups

White kallu sakkare (candy sugar or rock sugar or diamond sugar) — 1/4 cup 

Spices for making powder 

Coriander seeds (dhania seeds//kothambari bija)—1 tablespoon 

Jeera (jeerige//cumin seeds)—1 teaspoon 

Om  kaalu (ajwain//carom seeds)—1/2 teaspoon 

Cloves (lavanga)—2

Black pepper corns (kaalu menasu)—1/2 teaspoon 

Cardamom pods (ellaki//elaichi)—2

Dry roast all the spices on medium flame (just warm them).do not burn  it.

Let it cool and grind to fine powder in a mixer grinder jar.

Keep it ready.

Also powder kaalu sakkare( sugar ) and keep it  ready too.

Method 

Firstly wash the ginger roots ,peel the skin and chop them to small pieces.

Transfer the chopped pieces into mixture grinder jar and grind it to smooth paste ( add 1 or 2 tablespoon of water if required while grinding).

Now melt jaggery powder in a pan adding one tablespoon of water,cook till until jaggery melts. Then add in ginger paste and spice powder and stir well on medium flame,

Keep stirring the mixture continuously till it gets thickened. It starts separating from pan.

Make sure there is no water content left in mixture 

Transfer to a bowl or plate. Let it cool slightly.

Now grease your palms with ghee or oil. Take small portion and shape into small sized balls.

Coat the balls with powdered rock sugar while it’s warm otherwise it won’t get coated properly. Let it cool completely. Store them in an airtight container or glass jar.

Ginger candy has variety of health benefits.its helps in nausea.digestion, cough and cold , motion Sick ness and removes toxins from body .