Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, karachi halwa. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Karachi halwa recipe with step by step photos. Soft and melt in the mouth is karachi halwa which is also known as Bombay halwa. Karachi halwa is made with basically four ingredients - corn flour, ghee, water and sugar.
Karachi halwa is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Karachi halwa is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook karachi halwa using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Karachi halwa:
- Prepare 1 cup corn flour
- Take 4 cup water
- Take 2 cup sugar
- Take 1 cup water
- Get 1 tsp lemon juice
- Make ready 6 tbsp ghee
- Get 1/4 tsp red or orange food colour
- Make ready 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
- Make ready 2 tsp cashews chopped
- Prepare 2 tsp almonds chopped
Karachi Halwa, also known as Bombay Halwa is an exception to it. As you can guess from the name of this halwa, it is made from corn flour. The traditional halwa recipes are made from the milk extracted from wheat and it is a long process that is labor intensive. Karachi Halwa is an Indian sweet recipe that primarily prepares of cornflour.
Steps to make Karachi halwa:
- Firstly, in a large bowl take 1 cup cornflour and 4 cup water.whisk and mix well making sure there are no lumps. keep aside.now in a large kadai add sugar and 1 cup water.stir well until the sugar dissolves completely.
- Now get the sugar water to a boil. no need to attain string consistency.keep stirring, and pour in prepared cornflour water.continue to stir until the mixture starts to thicken.now pour in 1 tsp lemon juice and continue to mix. lemon is used to prevent sugar from crystalizing.
- Further, add 2 tbsp of ghee and continue to mix.mix until the ghee is well absorbed.keep adding ghee in batches until it absorbs completely.once the mixture turns glossy (after 30 minutes), add red food colour and mix well.
- Now add cardamom powder, 2 tbsp cashew and 2 tbsp badam.mix well making sure everything is well combined.after 40 minutes, the mixture will turn super glossy.
- Now add 1 tsp of more ghee and continue to stir until the mixture starts to release ghee.transfer the halwa mixture into the tray.sprinkle few chopped nuts and level it up.
- Rest for 30 minutes or until the halwa is set completely. - finally, cut karachi halwa into pieces and enjoy for 2 weeks when refrigerated.
This colourful, delicious dish is one classic dish from the ancient Maharaj's time for all kinds of special occasions. Karachi Halwa is a noteworthy account of the author and his time in Pakistan. I personally enjoyed the initial bits of the book wherein his description of what Zia Ul Haq was like and the Pakistan under him is extremely insightful and amusing at the same time. The entire halwa mixture will leave the sides and forms a thick glossy mass. Switch off and transfer to a greased plate.
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