Halwai June 14, 2025

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cup – water
• 2.5 cups – warm Milk
• 1 tbsp – blanched and chopped Almonds
• 1 tbsp – chopped Cashewnuts
• 1/2 tbsp – chopped Pistachios
• 1/4 tbsp – Poppy Seeds
• 1/4 tbsp – melon (kharbooja) seeds
• 1/4 tbsp – Saunf
• 1/4 tsp – Cardamom powder
• 1/4 cup – dried rose petals
• 1 tsp – rosewater
• 1/4 tsp – peppercorns
• 1/8 tsp – Ginger powder
• 1/8 tsp – Cinnamon powder
• 1/2-3/4 cup – Sugar
• 15 gms – cannabis leaves and buds (this is banned at many places and available in limited stores, one may not use this ingredient)

Method:

  1. Clean the cannabis leaves and buds by removing any stick and seeds
  2. Wash it thoroughly
  3. In a pot, boil water
  4. Add all the ingredients, except sugar and milk
  5. Let it boil on slow flame for 10 minutes
  6. Strain and keep aside the liquid
  7. The solid part is grinded in stone grinder by adding 1-2 tbsp warm milk
  8. Press through muslin with back of palms, extracting the liquid into vessel
  9. Repeat the previous two steps till 1 cup milk is consumed and the residue becomes dry and husk-like
  10. The extracted milk should be smooth
  11. Mix the extracted milk and boiled water which was kept aside
  12. Add remaining milk and sugar
  13. Chill for 2-3 hours and serve

Recipe courtesy of Sify Bawarchi