Makhandi Halwa

Name: Makhandi Halwa
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cups Semolina; 2 cups Full cream milk; 3/4 cups Pure Ghee; 1 cups Sugar; 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder; 20 Almonds; 20 Cashew nuts; 1/4 Dry coconut

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

New Delhi

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Makhadi halwa is a most famous dessert in Punjab region of Pakistan. This halwa is a famous recipe in North west and it is different from the usual sooji ka halwa. It is very delicious and easy to prepare. Though, it is prepared with semolina but it tastes like moong dal halwa.

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

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Ingredients

30 minutes

4 servings

1 cupsSemolina
2 cupsFull cream milk
3/4 cupsPure Ghee
1 cupsSugar
1/2 tspCardamom powder
20Almonds
20Cashew nuts
1/4Dry coconut

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Soak 1 cup semolina in 2 cups of milk. Milk should be at room temperature. Chop almonds and cashew nuts and slice dry coconut in very thin slices.
2

Heat 2 tb sp ghee in heavy bottomed karahi. Fry almonds and cashew nuts till pinkish and then remove in a plate. Fry coconut slices separately and keep it in the plate.
3

Now add 2 tb sp more ghee in the wok. Add 1 cup sugar. And keep on stirring sugar in ghee on low flame till it dissolves and then turn brown. It may take 6 minutes. You will get caramelised sugar syrup. Switch off the flame.
4

Now add semolina and milk in caralalized sugar slowly and stirring simultaneously in batches. Sugar may become lumpy but keep on mashing it with ladle. Now switch on the flame and keep on stirring till it gets thick. It may take 6-8 minutes. Add cardamom powder abd remaining ghee and mix.
5

Now add chopped and fried dry fruit (keep some for garnishing). And cook on low flame while stirring till ghee leaves the sides of wok. Switch off the flame.
6

Serve this delicious and unique halwa as a dessert after meal.