Ginger Pastries

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 200 g fresh gingerroot
• 300 g sugar
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
• 1 tablespoon clarified butter (ghee)

Recipe

• 1 wash the gingerroot. scrape and slice it into small pieces. grind the pieces into a fine paste with some milk for smoother grinding.
• 2 take a non-stick cooking pan. combine the ground paste, sugar and remaining milk into it and simmer over medium to high flame. stir and mix with a spatula. meanwhile grease a tray or deep plate with clarified butter.
• 3 when the mixture slightly thickens, drop a small amount of mixture in a plate. check with the thumb and index finger if it can turn into a hard ball. do not heat more.
• 4 remove the hot mixture and pour into greased plate. spread evenly with the back of a spatula or flat bottomed bowl. to make the spreading easier, you may grease the spatula with clarified butter.
• 5 once the flattened mixture cools, make square pieces of desired size.