Apple Halwa

Akila — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:05:00 +0000

Days are moving very fast and I am becoming busy day by day… As I told in my previous post, still not recovered fully from the fever n cough… coz of that, feeling very tired after coming from office… So could not prepare any new dish or post. Even this Apple halwa, I captured, couple of months before, and was in my folder along with some more pictures. So decided to post this. First time I prepared halwa with apple and to my surprise, it was really very tasty and yummy. This recipe, even can be done, by grinding the apple and using the pulp. Since I want some crunchiness, I grated and did it.

Ingredients

Apple – 3
Ghee – 4 tsp
Sweetened Condensed milk – 5 to 6 tsp
Sugar – 1/2 to 3/4 cup
Almonds – 1/4 cup + 10
Saffron – a pinch

Method

Wash the apple and remove its skin.
Grate the apple as below.

In a flat bottomed pan, add the grated apple and saute till all the water content evaporates.

Now add the condensed milk and mix well.
Add the sugar and mix till the sugar gets dissolved.

Add the ghee at this stage.
Meanwhile grind the 1/2 cup almonds into a powder and crush the remaining 10 almond pieces to be used later.
Mix it to this apple mixture.

Check for the correct sweetness. (sugar or condensed milk can be added accordingly)
Now mix the crushed almond pieces and saffron and mix well.
When the ghee starts leaving the sides, switch off the stove and allow to cool and serve.

Note:

This apple halwa can be made by grinding the apple in mixer and using the pulp. I need to try some other time. Since I like the crunchiness of the apple, I grated and prepared the halwa. If any one have done with pulp, kindly share the outcome of it.

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Mango Halwa

Akila — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:42:00 +0000

Some of my blogger friends might think, why I am posting all mango recipes. The reason is simple as my father and uncle family came from India and brought lots of raw and ripe mangoes. Before they get wasted, I want to use them all. So, I request my friends to kindly bare with me with some more mango recipes to come…

Ingredients

Ripe Mango – 2
Sugar – 3/4th cup (if mango is more sweet, reduce the sugar by 1/2 cup)
Ghee – 3 tsp
Nuts – Cashews – 10 n Pistachios – 15

Method

Make mango puree by grinding in mixie.

In a flat bottomed pan or kadai, add puree and sugar and star mixing.

When it is reduced to half its quantity, add 2 tsp ghee.

In another small pan, add 1 tsp ghee and the nuts and fry for few minutes or until it becomes golden colour.
Add the fried nuts to the manga halwa.

Keep on stirring until the ghee, separates out from the mixture and it becomes to the thick texture as shown below.

Pour the halwa to the greased plate and leave it for 2 to 3 hour or until it cools down completely.

Cut into squares and serve.

This goes to the following events

My Event – Dish name starts with M
Only Mango by pari and Anu

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