Bombay Karachi Halwa is a easy to make recipe. The main ingredient is cornflour. Anytime we can make this halwa because the cornflour will be available all-time at home. Adding color is entirely your choice; I have added beetroot extract. We have seen this halwa in the shop in a variety of colors. That was good treat for eyes as well as our taste buds. I have presented this recipe here with simple steps so we can prepare it at home any time we need it.
Let us see how to make it
Bombay Karachi halwa
Ingredients
- ½ cup cornflour
- 1½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup ghee
- 2 tbsp cashews (silvered)
- 1+1 cup water (icup for dissolving cornflour, 1 cup for dissolving the sugar)
- 100 gm beetroot
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
- ½ tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
Preparing Beetroot extract:
- Take the chopped beetroot in a blender, add 1/2 cup of water, blend it nicely
- strain the ground paste, keep the beetroot extract for the use
Preparing Halwa:
- Firstly, grease a container with ghee and keep it ready
- Take the ½ cup of cornflour in a mixing bowl, add 1 cup of water, mix well
- Then add 1 cup of beetroot extract, mix well and keep aside
- Take 1 cup of water and 1½ cup of sugar in a pan, heat it
- Bring this mixture to a boil
- Add beetroot cornflour mixture by stirring
- Mix well
- Add ½ tbsp of lemon juice, mix well
- Add ghee in a regular intervals, (3to 4 times)
- Keep stirring in low to medium flame
- At a stage, the halwa, leaves the pan, (becoming nonsticky with the pan) and rolls up into a mass
- Add cashews and cardamom powder, mix well
- Pour this Halwa into greased pan
- Allow it rest for 30 minutes
- Then cut into pieces
Stepwise Picture Recipe:
For beetroot extract, blend the beetroot pieces with 1/2 cup of water, then strain it
Note:
- some kids won’t eat excess sugar, for them, you can reduce the sugar into 1 cup or 11/4 cup
You can even add melon seeds instead of other nuts
Also, Check out, Bottlegourd Halwa
Badham Halwa
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Very tasty
Thank you, Geetha