Spiced Pears (Masaledar Naspati)
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes, plus chilling
Each serving contains:Kcals: 200; g fat: 3; g saturated fat: 1.8
7.5cm piece of cinnamon stick, halved (dalchinikidandi)
2 star anise (chakra phool)
4 tablespoons sugar (chini)
250ml low-fat fromagefrais (cream cheese)
2 tablespoons roohafza or 3 tablespoons rose-flavoured syrup (gulab syrup)
A few crystallized rose petals, to decorate (gulab ke pankhude)
- Peel, quarter and core the pears. Put them in saucepan and add the remaining ingredients, except the fromagefrais and roohafza. Cover and simmer gently until the pears are al dente
- Use a draining spoon to transfer the pears to a dish. Strain the strup into a small saucepanand boil until it is reduced to about 3 tablespoons. Spoon it over so the pears and allow to cool,then chill for 2 hours
- Mix the from age frais and roohafza together and spoon into a small serving dish so thatdiners can help themselves
- Arrange the pears in individual serving dishes and decorate with rose petals if wished