Halwai October 18, 2021

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour – 1 cup
• Besan – 1/2 cup
• Sugar – 1/2 cup
• Sieved and powdered Sugar – 1/2 cup
• Melted Ghee or dalda – 1/2 tsp
• Chopped Cashewnuts – 3 tsp
• Cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp
• Melted Ghee – 1/2 cup

Method:

  1. Heat a pan and add the melted ghee or dalda.
  2. Saute wheat flour and besan together. Do not allow the colour of the flour to change.
  3. When it is done, remove from fire and allow it to cool.
  4. Add powdered sugar and cardamom powder and mix well.
  5. Melt 1/2 a cup of sugar in a pan. Add 1/2 a cup of ghee in it.
  6. Pour the contents immediately on a greased flat vessel or bowl.
  7. This syrup will become hard when cooled.
  8. Grind it coarsely and add it to the prepared wheat-besan flour mixture.
  9. Fry the cashewnuts and mix in the remaining 1/2 cup of ghee.
  10. Add this to the flour mixture and mix well.
  11. Make small balls before it cools.

Recipe courtesy of Sarath