Khubani ka meetha is a famous Hyderabadi sweet, known as apricot sweet made with just 4 ingredients khubani(apricot), sugar, ghee, and nuts. This tasty apricot sweet is mostly available at Hyderabad restaurants and weddings.
Add 200 g of seedless Turkish dried apricots(khubani) to a bowl.
Can prefer small-size of apricots.
Pour 1 1/2 glasses of water.
Dip apricots properly in water. can add more water if necessary.
Cover and soak for 4 hours or overnight.
Soaking apricots is the most important step.
Apricots absorb water will swell and slightly changes color.
Apricots will become easy to cook if it is soaked for a long time.
Add soaked apricots with water into a pan.
Start boiling over a medium flame.
Stir occasionally, cover, and cook for 10 minutes.
Flip the apricots and cook on both sides.
Add 200 g of sugar(1 cup) and mix well.
Adjust sugar according to the sweetness of apricots
Add a teaspoon of vanilla essence.
Add 3 pinches of red-orange food color.
Stir well until the color mix.
Cook for 5 minutes until the sugar melts and the syrup thickens.
The consistency should be neither too dry nor too runny.
Now stir occasionally and cook over a low flame.
The syrup thickens when it cools, so do not dry it completely.
When the syrup is juicy and the apricots are cooked well.
It is neither too dry nor too runny, should be jammy consistency.
At this stage switch off the fire.
Heat a pan over medium flame and add a tablespoon of ghee.
Add 1/2 cup of halved almonds and 1/2 cup of cashew nuts.
Fry until it turns golden.
If you take apricots with seeds then add small badam-size nuts while cooking.
Add nuts to the kubani and mix well.
Take into a serving bowl, and serve warm or chilled.
Prefer chilled qubani ka meetha with vanilla ice cream, gulab jamun, and whipped cream.