#54 DELICIOUS HALWA

1. LAPSI HALWA

Ingredients-

• Broken wheat (dalia/lapsi) 2 cups

• Jaggery (gur) grated 1 cup

• Ghee 4 tablespoons

• Fennel seeds (saunf) 1 tablespoon

• Green cardamom powder 1 teaspoon

Method-

• Heat ghee in a non-stick pan. Add broken wheat and sauté for 5 minutes or till browned.
• Boil 4 cups water and add this to the pan, cover and cook till the water evaporates.
• Add cardamom powder and fennel seeds and mix well. Add jaggery, mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes or till the jaggery melts.
• Serve warm.

2. GAJAR KA HALWA

Ingredients-

• Carrots 8-10 medium
• Ghee 3 tablespoons
• Green cardamom powder 1/4 teaspoon
• Sugar 3/4 cup
• Almonds sliced 5-6
• Cashewnuts 5-6
• Raisins 10-15
• Khoya/mawa grated 1 cup
• Pistachios chopped 5-6 cup

Method-

• Place the grated carrots in a microwave proof bowl.
• Add ghee and mix. Add green cardamom powder and mix. Cook in the microwave on HIGH for five minutes. Add sugar and mix.
• Cook in the microwave on HIGH for two minutes Add almonds, cashewnuts, raisins and khoya (keeping aside some khoya for garnish) and mix. Cook in the microwave for two to two and a half minutes.
• Garnish with the reserved khoya and pistachios and serve hot or cold.

3.Besan Halwa

Ingredients-

• Gram FLour 2 cups
• Ghee 1 cup
• Almond and Pistachio slivers 2 tablespoon
• Sugar ½ cup
• saffron strands a few
• Green cardamom powder ¼ teaspoon
• Rose water 1 tablespoon

Method-

• Heat ghee in a non-stick pan, add almond and pistachio slivers and sauté for a minute. Add gram flour and sauté till lightly browned.
• To make sugar syrup, heat 2 cups water in another non-stick pan, add sugar, saffron and cardamom powder and stir continuouslytill the sugar melts.
• Add sugar syrup to the gram flour mixture and stir continuously for 3-4 minutes or till the mixture reaches halwa consistency. Switch off the heat, add rose water and mix well.
• Transfer the halwa into a serving bowl and serve hot.