Sunday 15 October 2017

CORN FLOUR HALWA (without adding any Food Colour )

Corn flour Halwa is also known as Bombay Halwa /Karachi Halwa.This sweet is prepared especially during Diwali festival.Corn flour Halwa is a very popular and easy sweet Halwa which requires only little Ghee unlike other Halwa recipe.This Halwa is soft and melt in your mouth and a perfect sweet for any special celebration.

As Diwali is round the corner I wanted to share with you a very simple and easy recipe of Corn flour Halwa without adding any food colour .(Adding food colour is optional)

Ingredients :-


Corn flour. -1 cup
Sugar.        -1 and 1/2 cup or 2 cup
Water.        -1cup+ 2cup
Ghee.         -3 tbsp
Cardamom powder. -1tsp
Cashew nut pieces. -1tsp

Instructions :-


Grease a steel plate with little Ghee and keep aside.


In a large mixing bowl add 1cup Corn Flour and 1cup Water and mix well without forming lumps.Keep aside. (You can add 2drops of Food colour with Corn flower mixture if you need it)

Method :-


In a non stick pan add Sugar and 2 cup Water and allow the syrup to boil.

To this Sugar syrup add Corn flour mixture and stir continuously on medium low flame.

Once the Corn flour mixture starts to boil and starts to thicken add 2tbsp Ghee little by little in between and stir continuously till the mixture thickens completely.

Add 1tbsp Ghee and continue to mix well till it turns transparent and silky releasing Ghee from sides.

Once the Ghee starts leaving the edges of the pan add Cashew nut pieces and Cardamom powder and continue to mix till the mixture starts to form lump.Switch off the flame.


Transfer the Corn flour Halwa from the pan to the greased steel plate and level the Halwa with a flat spatula on the steel plate.

When cools cut into desired size and shape and serve.

A Diwali sweet desert - Corn flour Halwa-is ready to serve.

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