Sunday, November 18, 2012

Easy N Quick Halwa using Microwave ..




Ing :

Corn flour : 1/2 cup
Sugar powder : 1 and half cup
Ghee : 2 to 3 Tspn
Water : 2 Cup
Cardamom powder : 1/4 Tspn
Cashews : 6 no.s
Food color : A pinch

Method :

* In a pan heat ghee and fry the cashews till it turns to golden color and keep it aside.

* In a microwave safe dish ( preferably big one ) mix the corn flour,sugar powder,food color and water without any lumps.

* Microwave this for 4 minutes.

* Take bowl out from the microwave and add cardamom powder and cashews along with ghee into it, mix well for 1 minute.

* Microwave this mixture again for 3 minutes.

*  In the mean time grease the steel plate with ghee and keep it ready.

* Take out the bowl from microwave and stirr it for 30 seconds and again microwave it for 4 minutes.

* Now pour the mixture into greased plate and keep it aside to set for 30 to 40 minutes.

* Cut halwa into desired shape and serve.



Notes :

If you dont have an microwave still you can make this halwa using gas stove.

Method :

* In a pan heat ghee and fry the cashews till it turns to golden color and keep it aside.

* Mix the corn flour,sugar powder,food color and water without any lumps in a big non stick deep skillet.

* Keep stirring the mixture until it becomes transperent(It takes approximately 8 to 10 minutes in a low flame).

* Now add in cardamom powder and cashews along with ghee into it, mix well for 1 minute.

* In the mean time grease the steel plate with ghee and keep it ready.
* Now pour the mixture into greased plate and keep it aside to set for 30 to 40 minutes.

* Cut halwa into desired shape and serve.

4 comments:

SADASHIVA said...

Very interesting. Is there any alternative to micro wave usage..?Also The page is locked and the recipe can not be copied. May be due to IPR..?

Swathi said...

Delicious microwave halwa.

Shree Kannepadi said...

Thank u :)

Shree Kannepadi said...

Thank u :)