Lotus seeds candy

Good Morning dear friends..... Today is important day for Tamil Nadu and Kerala ...... Vote counting day and we will know who is going to rule us for next 5 years.... To tell truth this is important day to every citizen in thosestates, more important than routine functions, celebrations etc.... I wish in future people should be more aware of the importance of election and its reuslts, so that we can have very bright future...

I rushed preparing sweet before first announcement of any result, because people should not think am celebrating winning of particular party.... I prepared my mind to welcome anyone who is going to capture throne, they are elected by our people, congrats to all the candidates.... 

Am welcoming our new Chief Minister with Lotus seeds candy.... Lotus seeds candy is very good for health.... If you take this before sleeping, it relieves stress and will give you good sleep.... It need to be cooled little more to get prefect candy texture, but i clicked and posting snap now itself, because wanted to post it before announcement of result.

Ok let us go to the recipe

Ingredeints

Lotus seeds - 1/4 kg

Sugar - 1/4 Or 1/2 depending upon your taste

Fruit essense or Venilla essense or any other essense - 2 drops

Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt - very little 

Method

Soak lotus seeds in water over night ... next day put it in boiling water... already due to soaking seeds will be soft, so just keep it in boiling wster for few minutes, enough, take care not to over cook, filter water, wash with cold water, then allow to cool, make sugar syrub, for one cuo 1/4 cup of water,  when sugar dissolves and form thick syrub, add cooked seeds, allow to.boil little till balls absorbs sugar and coated over all well... then remove it and place in a plate and allow to cool and then serve or store.

To the sugar syrub can add cardamom powder and any essense you had in home, i added badam essense... you can add any fruit essense to increase its flavour...