Sev Barfi - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 cups murmala (Sev)
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup water
2 cups mawa
1 cup rose water
1 teaspoon saffron color
1 teaspoon yellow food coloring
Mawa
12 tablespoons powdered milk
5 tablespoons plain flour
5 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cardamom powder
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup pistachios
oil (for frying)

Preparation

In a bowl combine all the above Mawa ingredients and knead the dough by adding milk slowly and gradually till you get soft dough crumble it keep aside.
Boil the sugar with water to one thread consistency to form a syrup.
Add the saffron and yellow colors.
Reduce heat.
Soak the Sev in to rose water to make it bit soggy and also to absorb the fragrance of rose water, for approximately 10 seconds.
Quickly put the sev and mawa into syrup and stir well.
Grease a baking tray and pour out the mixture on to it.
Decorate with silver\"VARK\".
Cut into squares or any other shapes e.g diamond shape or any other you want when cool.
Serve it.