Bombay Karachi Halwa

Name: Bombay Karachi Halwa
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: Sweet tooth
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup corn starch; 1+3/4 cup sugar; 1 cup water to dissolve the sugar; 2 cups fresh watermelon juice; 5 tbsp Ghee; 3 tbsp cashew chunks; 1/2 tsp cardamom powder; 1 tbsp cashew almond flakes

Sangita Vyas @Sangit

Kenya

#CA2025
#Watetmelon
Soft and melt in mouth. karachi halwa which is also known as Bombay halwa. Karachi halwa is made with basically four ingredients – corn flour, ghee, water and sugar. Overall an easy sweet that you can prepare for a festive time.
Instead of water, I used watermelon Juice, and it taste so yummy,soft and a jelly type texture..

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Ingredients

40 minutes

Sweet tooth

1 cupcorn starch
1+3/4 cup sugar
1 cupwater to dissolve the sugar
2 cupsfresh watermelon juice
5 tbspGhee
3 tbspcashew chunks
1/2 tspcardamom powder
1 tbspcashew almond flakes

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Steps

40 minutes

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Cut the watermelon in piece. Blend it to make juice.(No adding water). Make other ingredients ready.
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Firstly,add sugar and water in heavy bottom pan. Stir continuously till sugar melts and starts bubbling. Mix corn starch in a one cup of watermelon juice. Add the mixture in a sugar water. Add another cup of watermelon juice. Starts stirring continuously on a slow flame.
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It will take 3-4 minutes to binding the mixture. Now add 1 tbsp ghee at a time.after some time add again, it needs stirring continuously till all Ghee merge in a better and mixture looks shiny.
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Now add cardamom powder and cashew chunks. Mix well. Now when you feel the mixture is leaving the edges of pan, switch off the flame. And transfer the Halwa in a greased tin. Level it well and lastly sprinkle almond cashew flakes. Leave the tin to cool down for an hour.
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Now remove Halwa from the tin. Make a square piece and Enjoy.. Here we serve Karachi Halwa with the kahava (Black coffee)
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