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Karachi Halwa | Corn Flour Halwa Recipe

Karachi Halwa | Corn Flour Halwa Recipe

Quick dessert made with Corn flour.

Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Halwa Recipe
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 /2 cup Corn Flour
  • 1 + 11/2 cups Water
  • 11/4 cups Sugar
  • 10 no.s Cashewnuts, Finely chopped
  • A pinch Yellow / Orange food color
  • 3 tsp Ghee

Instructions

  1. Grease a small plate/ tray with butter / ghee and keep aside.

  2. Dissolve the corn flour in water. Add food color and whisk well so that there are no lumps.

  3. Chop the nuts finely and fry it in ghee. Drain and keep aside.

  4. Heat water and sugar in a pan and keep stirrring till the sugar dissolves. Let it come to a boil. Now let the syrup thicken a bit. It should be sticky to touch . No need to check for thread consistency

  5. Whisk the slurry once again and slowly pour into the pan.Whisk well and keep whisking gently till it gets glossy and starts to thicken. Add a little ghee.

  6. The mixture will thicken even more and turn to halwa consistency.

  7. Add the roasted nuts and mix well.

  8. Pour into the greased plate and flatten it with a spatula. Let it cool. Allow it to rest for an hour before cutting into squares.

  9. Quick and delicious halwa is ready!

Recipe Notes

  • Use a whisk while adding the corn slurry to sugar syrup. It is easier than using a spatula.
  • Chop the nuts finely so that it blends in well into the halwa and you are able to cut the squares neatly.
  • You can add a pinch of cardamom powder towards the end. I skipped it.