Qubani ka Meetha
Dried apricots stewed to a glossy compote, served with cream and blanched kernels
Start the day before. The soaking alone is 8 hr, against 55 min of actual work.
Allergens in Qubani ka Meetha: milk, tree nuts.
Ingredients
Quantities for 6.
- 500g Hunza, soaked overnight Dried Apricot
- 1 cup, to taste Sugar
- 3 Cardamomoptional
- 1/2 Lemonoptional
- to serve Creamomit to keep it dairy-freeoptional
- to serve Almondsomit for a nut-free versionoptional
- 2 cups Water
Cookware
stovetop
Checked against the ingredient list for ten allergens: milk, egg, fish, crustaceans, tree nuts, peanuts, sesame, mustard, soy and gluten. Brands vary, so read the label on anything new to you.
Before you start
- Use whole dried apricots with stones, not the bright orange sulphured halves. The stones are cracked and the kernels blanched and served on top.
- Soak overnight. There is no shortcut that produces the same texture.
Method
- Soak the apricots in water overnight until plump. Keep the soaking water.
- Pit them, reserving the stones. Crack the stones and blanch the kernels; the skins slip off.
- Simmer the fruit in its soaking water with the sugar and cardamom over low heat, 30-40 minutes, until it collapses into a thick glossy compote.Mash some against the side of the pan and leave the rest in pieces.
- Sharpen with lemon if the apricots were very sweet.
- Cool. Serve at room temperature or chilled, topped with cream and the blanched kernels.
Storage
Keeps a week refrigerated and the flavour deepens. Freezes 3 months.
Nutrition Low estimate
One serving of Qubani ka Meetha (177 g) is about 330 calories, or 187 calories per 100 g.
Low protein: 3 g a serving, 3% of the calories
| Per serving177 g | Per 100 g | |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 330 kcal | 187 kcal |
| Protein | 2.8 g | 2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 85.5 g | 48 g |
| of which sugars | 77.8 g | 44 g |
| Fibre | 6.1 g | 3 g |
| Fat | 0.4 g | 0 g |
| of which saturated | 0.0 g | 0 g |
| of which unsaturated | 0.2 g | 0 g |
Ingredients given to taste count as zero, so the real figures run a little higher. Estimated from raw ingredients using USDA FoodData Central.
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