Few weeks back when my in laws visited us they got us 5 kgs of fresh apples. After they left it was just the three of us to finish the entire booty. Since then I have been on a pursuit to use them wisely in different recipes. I made Apple bread, Apple Chutney and now Apple Lapsi.
Apple Lapsi is a famous Rajasthani and Gujarati dessert which is nutritious and full of flavour. I zeroed down on this recipe because I thought this will be a nutritious treat for my little boy. As thought it came out delicious. The fruity taste of apple and cardamom made it yummilicious.
Lapsi refers to broken wheat which is more commonly known as Dalia or Daliya, Bulgar or Bulgur or Bulghur or Burghul, Cracked wheat, Fada, Godhumai Rava. The simplicity of this dessert makes it even more inviting.
Directions:
1. Peel and Core apples. Cut them into small pieces and put them in a blender.
2. Put a little water in the blender. 
3. And make a smooth puree of it. Keep aside.
4. In a wok add some ghee or clarified butter.
5. Add broken wheat and roast it till it gets aromatic and changes the colour to darker brown. It should take 5-8 minutes.
6. To this add some water and on a medium flame cook the bulgar, stiring occasionally for 10-15 minutes till it is tender and cooked.. After that add sugar along with Crushed Cardamom pods. Cook further for 5 minutes.
7. In the meanwhile roast some almonds and cashews in ghee in a separate pan. Keep aside.
8. Add apple puree to the cooked bulgar. Cook for 5 minutes.
9. Add roasted dry fruits and combine. Save a few for garnishing.
10. Cook further till it starts leaving the sides.
Serve hot and enjoy.
You can try other Halwa recipes of Sooji Halwa, Gajar ka Halwa and Pumpkin ka Halwa,
[whohit]appleLapsi[/whohit] - 1/2 cup Dalia or Broken Wheat
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup apple puree (made from 1 large Apple)
- 2-3 tbsp ghee or clarified butter
- 1 tsp cardamom seeds powder or 2-3 crushed pods of Cardamom
- 3 cup Water
- dry nuts - to garnish, I used Almonds and Cashews
- Peel and Core apples. Cut them into small pieces and put them in a blender.
- Put a little water in the blender.
- And make a smooth puree of it. Keep aside.
- In a wok add some ghee or clarified butter.
- Add broken wheat and roast it till it gets aromatic and changes the colour to darker brown. It should take 5-8 minutes.
- To this add some water and on a medium flame cook the bulgar, stiring occasionally for 10-15 minutes till it is tender and cooked.. After that add sugar along with Crushed Cardamom pods. Cook further for 5 minutes.
- In the meanwhile roast some almonds and cashews in ghee in a separate pan. Keep aside.
- Add apple puree to the cooked bulgar. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Add roasted dry fruits and combine. Save a few for garnishing.
- Cook further till it starts leaving the sides.
- Serve hot and enjoy.
- You can use Jaggery instead of Sugar for a different flavour.
- You can make it in a pressure pan to speed up cooking.