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Sing pak
Peanut fudge
સીંગ પાક: roasted peanuts and sugar syrup set into a soft cardamom fudge for fasting days
Sing pak is the Gujarati fasting-day fudge: peanuts roasted, skinned and ground coarse, then cooked into a one-string sugar syrup with ghee and cardamom and set in a tray. Because it uses no grain, it is made for Ekadashi, Shravan Mondays and Navratri, and children love it any day. It is soft, rich and a little crumbly. The common mistake is cooking the syrup too far; past one string it sets rock-hard and grainy. Chef's tip: pinch a drop of syrup between finger and thumb (carefully, after cooling it on a spoon): one thin thread should form as you pull them apart.
- Total time
- 30 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 12
Ingredients
For the pak
- 9 oz raw peanuts
- 6 ½ oz sugar
- ½ cup water
- 2 tbsp gheeplus extra for greasing
- ½ tsp ground cardamom
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Dry-roast 9 oz raw peanuts on medium-low heat for 8 minutes until they crackle and the skins loosen. Cool, rub off the skins and grind in short pulses to a coarse powder (don't let it turn to butter). Grease a 20 cm tray.
12 minStep 2: Heat 6 ½ oz sugar and ½ cup water in a heavy pan, stirring until dissolved, then boil for 5–6 minutes to one-string consistency.
6 minStep 3: Lower the heat and stir in the ground peanuts, 2 tbsp ghee and ½ tsp ground cardamom.
1 minStep 4: Cook, stirring constantly, for 3–4 minutes until the mix leaves the sides of the pan and forms one mass.
4 minStep 5: Spread in the tray, smooth to 1.5 cm and cut into diamonds while warm. Cool fully before lifting out.
2 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 210 kcal
- Protein
- 6 g
- Carbs
- 17 g
- Fat
- 14 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does sing pak take?
- About 30 minutes in total: 10 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 12 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- Is it gluten free?
- Yes, as written. Check the labels on stock, sauces and spice mixes, which sometimes contain gluten.
- Can I make it ahead?
- Yes. It keeps well, so you can cook it earlier in the day or the day before and reheat it.
- What can I use instead of sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
- What can I use instead of ghee?
- Butter, same amount (keep the heat a little lower, butter burns sooner).
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