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Karachi halwa

Feb-10-2018
Kamal Thakkar
10 minutes
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
10 People
Serves
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ABOUT Karachi halwa RECIPE

This delicious halwa is made from cornflour,sugar,ghee and dryfruits.Very simple dessert which you can make on special occasions.

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Medium
  • Festive
  • Maharashtra
  • Sauteeing
  • Dessert

Ingredients Serving: 10

  1. Cornflour 1 cup
  2. Water 1 cup
  3. For sugar syrup:
  4. Sugar 1 cup
  5. Water 3/4cup
  6. Lemon juice 1/2 tsp
  7. Red colour few drops
  8. Other ingredients for halwa:
  9. Cashews 2 tbsp
  10. Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp
  11. Pista 1 tbsp

Instructions

  1. TAKE 1 CUP CORNFLOUR IN A BOWL.
  2. ADD 1 CUP WATER GRADUALLY TO MAKE A LUMPFREE PASTE.
  3. TAKE 1 CUP SUGAR IN A PAN.
  4. ADD 3/4 CUP WATER TO SUGAR AND MIX.
  5. LET THE SUGAR DISSOLVE COMPLETELY.
  6. ADD 1/2 TSP LEMON JUICE AND FEW DROPS OF RED COLOUR.
  7. WHISK THE CORNFLOUR PASTE AGAIN AND ADD SLOWLY TO SUGAR SYRUP, SIMULTANEOUSLY MIXING THEM.
  8. KEEP THE FLAME LOW AND KEEP STIRING CONTINUOUSLY TO PREVENT LUMPS.
  9. WHEN THE MIXTURE BECOMES THICK ADD A TBSP OF GHEE AND MIX WELL.
  10. KEEP ROASTING THE HALWA TILL GHEE GETS ABSORBED.
  11. AGAIN ADD SOME GHEE AND MIX TILL IT GETS ABSORBED.
  12. ADD THE LAST BATCH OF GHEE NOW AND AGAIN MIX TILL THE MIXTURE BECOMES GLOSSY.
  13. WHEN GHEE STARTS RELEASING FROM SIDES AND HALWA SEEMS COOKED TAKE LITTLE HALWA AND FORM A BALL.
  14. IF BALL IS FORMED HALWA IS READY,ADD CASHEWS AND CARDAMOM POWDER.MIX WELL.
  15. PUT THE READY HALWA IN GREASED MOULD.
  16. SPREAD EVENLY.
  17. SPRINKLE SOME CHOPPED PISTA ON TOP AND PRESS WITH SPATULA.
  18. CUT INTO PIECES AND KEEP IN PLATE.

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Milli Garg
Feb-16-2018
Milli Garg   Feb-16-2018

Thanks for sharing this recipe.

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