Gathi For Gudhi Padwa – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Grease katori or dish well with ghee.
• Keep a thread in it to make gathi garland and keep it aside.
• Heat up a sauce pan.
• Add sugar and water.
• Mix well and cook the syrup on low heat until all the sugar is dissolved and the mixture comes to boil for about 3-4 minutes.
• Stir the mixture continuously until all the sugar is dissolved.
• If you do this process on high heat then the syrup will be ready before the sugar is dissolved and you will find the sugar crystals in the syrup.
• When all the sugar is dissolved, increase the heat to medium.
• Continue to cook for just 2 minutes more.
• We want very thick syrup.
• After transferring a little syrup on a dish and when it cools down a little it should look like a dew drop. It means the syrup is ready.
• Do not cook syrup longer after this point.
• Add eno and mix well. You can use baking soda instead of eno.
• Add rose essence and mix well.
• Add food color and mix well.
• Turn off the gas and the process after this should be followed really quickly.
• Transfer the syrup into dish or mould or katori.
• Let it cool down for about 15-20 minutes.
• Slide the gathi carefully with hand if you have made in steel dish.
• Take gathi out and these are ready.
• You can make 2 good sized garlands from 1 cup sugar.