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Receta Desserts | Orange Flavored Couscous with Passion Fruit Sauce and the Traditional Lapsi – A Risk Well Taken
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Ingredientes
- 1 cup of broken wheat/couscous
- 2 cups of hot water
- ½ cup of jaggery
- ½ cup of ghee
- 1 tsp cardamom powder
- ½ cup couscous
- 1 ½ cups of water
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- 1 tbsp. honey
- 3 tbsp. organic palm sugar
- 1 tsp. orange rind/zest
- 1 small cinnamon stick
- 2 tbsp. Dried fruits
- A pinch of salt
- Passion fruit sauce
- ½ cup passion fruit pulp
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup sugar
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