Bombay Halwa Recipes

Bombay Halwa Recipes

Ingredients:

* 1 cup Ghee

* 1/3 cup Sago

* 1/3 cup plain Flour

* 2/3 cup Corn Flour

* 4 cups Sugar

* 2 tbsp Lemon Juice

* 2 tsp Cardamom Powder

* 1 cup crushed assorted Nuts (cashews, pistachios, almonds, and peanuts)

* Food colours (green, yellow, orange, or red)

Preparation

* Soak sago in 2 cups water overnight.

* Combine plain flour and corn flour. Soak overnight in 2 cups water.

* Make a thick syrup from 1½ cups water and sugar, boiling and stirring on medium heat.

* Add lemon juice and stir.

* Combine sago with flour mixture and pour into a non-sticky pan on low heat.

* Add 1 tsp ghee, alternating with 1 tsp syrup, to the flour mix, until both the ingredients remain half of their actual volume.

* Add a pinch of colour and cardamom powder, stirring constantly.

*Add the remaining ghee and syrup in the same manner, stirring after each addition

* Add nuts and mix well.

* Simmer until the mixture turns translucent and starts leaving the pan.

* Butter a deep platter and pour the mixture in it and cool to room temperature.

* After 1 hour, cut the halwa in squares.