Indian sweet dish-HALWA [HALUAA]
Saturday, October 11th, 2008
It is a very sweet and tasty halwa generally prepared in Indian homes, preferably in the early hours of the day. It tastes good when it is hot. Children like it very much as well as the old people. In India joint families exists in a large numbers especially in villages. Up to four, five generations live to-gather in it. Daughter in laws prepare haluaa to please their father in laws and grand father in laws especially for those who doesn’t have teeth in their mouth.
Ingredients required
200 g wheat flour
100 g sugar
50 g pure ghee or 75 g butter
Half tsp black pepper powder
1tsp cardamom powder
1g saffron
30 g almonds chopped
30 g dry fruit chironji
20 g pistachio chopped
Process
In a stew pan, mix well flour with ghee or butter, under low flame. Parch it up to golden brown in the same flame. Now mix well in it 300 ml water, sugar and saffron. Heat it on medium flame with stirring down to the bottom to avoid heating and cooking it properly. When the water disappears and halwa becomes dry, taste a little if it tastes good the process is over. If it tastes half cooked parch it more until cooked. Mix and garnish rest of the items. Serve it hot along with some salty item.