Tuesday 28 October 2014

Wheat Halwa




Ingredients :

  • Samba wheat - 1 cup [ 200gms]
  • Sugar - 21/2 cup [500gms.]
  • Melted ghee - 1 cup
  • Cardamom powder - little
  • Kesar colour - little
  • Water - 7 cups

Method :

Soak wheat in water for 10 to 12 hours.Then grind it in wet grinder to smooth paste. Squeeze out water by straining it through a muslin cloth.To the plup add some more water and grind. Repeat the process for 2 to 3 times.Throw away the waste and keep the extract in a vessel for 10 hours to settle down. Then throw away clear water, which stands on top of the extract.  Remaining portion add 5 to 6 cups of water. Meantime heat sugar with enough water to cover it, in a heavy vessel and heat till one string consistency is reached. Then pour the diluted extract, colour, and stir well  till halwa becomes completely transparent. At that time add melted ghee little by little whenever halwa sticks to the vessel. Stir till ghee oozes out from halwa. Then mix cardamom powder, and stir for few more minutes or it leaves the sides of the vessel. Mix fried cashewnus and pour on a greased tray. ur tasty halwa is ready.

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