Bombay Halwa Recipe / Karachi Halwa

• Condiments

  • 1 tsp Lemon juice

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 Cardamom
  • 1/2 cup Corn flour
  • 1 1/2 cups Sugar

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 10 Almonds
  • 20 Cashews

• Dairy

  • 7 tbsp Ghee

• Liquids

  • 2 1/2 cup Water

• Other

  • Pinch of orange colour or red colour

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 and ½ cups of sugar
• 1 cup of water
• ½ cup of corn flour
• 1 and ½ cups of water
• Pinch of orange colour or red colour
• 7-8Tbsp of ghee
• 20 cashews
• 10 almonds
• 2 cardamom, crushed
• 1 tsp of lemon juice

Directions

• In a bowl, add corn flour, 1 and ½ cup of water and orange colour. Mix well, make sure there are no lumps in it and keep it aside.
• Heat a pan, add 1 cup of water and sugar, boil it until all the sugar melts completely. You dont want to look for syrup consistency. Add lemon juice and mix well, keep it aside.
• Heat another pan, add corn flour mixture, stir it in a medium flame. When it starts to turn thick, turn it off.
• Add sugar syrup slowly, only 2 tbsp at a time and mix well. Add another 2 tbsp syrup and mix well. After you mix all the sugar syrup to the corn flour mixture, turn it on.
• In a medium flame, starting adding ghee slowly to halwa and stir it. Add rest of the ghee as well and stir until all ghee are fully absorbed. Stir it continously for 15-20 mins until it leaves the sides of the pan.
• Now you can observe the whole halwa starts to move from one side to the other side of the pan while stirring. In this stage, add all the nuts and cardamom and stir well for another 2-3mins. Now your halwa looks glossy and transparent.
• To check the consistency, take a tsp of halwa and place it in a clean plate, use your hand (caution it will be super hot) and start rolling it, it will come out like ball. Now turn off the stove. Transfer th e halwa to a ghee greased plate or bowl. I used stainless steel tiffin box. Keep it in a room temperature or fridge for half an hour. Using knife, cut into any size or shape as per your wish
• Yummy karachi halwa is ready to serve.