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Bombay Chewy Halwa
Bombay Chewy Halwa
Ingredients
1 cup fine semolina
sugar as required in recipe
ghee 1 to 1 1/2 cups, as required in recipe
1/5 tsp. citric acid powdered
1/2 cup blanched peeled almonds, halved
1/4 cup green pistachios halved
1/2 tsp. cardamom powder
saffron as desired
food colour red/green/yellow, as desired
Method
Soak semolina in enough water for 3 hours. Drain, rub gently between
fingers,
wash 3 times with fresh water.
Keep aside to settle again, discard top water, grind to a very smooth
paste.
Add enough water, to make a thin batter. Heat one cup ghee in a
large heavy
pan, allow to cool.
Add batter, stir well, till smooth. Place on heat, cook while stirring
continuously,
add ghee little by little.
Cook to form a transparent, soft lump. Add sugar, stirring again,
till it is liquefied,
and again a soft lump forms.
When ghee starts separating, take off fire, sprinkle citric acid.
Stir well, mix in
toppings and set in a , rectangular, greased, tray.
Make incisions when cooled but still soft. When completely cooled,
separate
pieces, wrap each in clean thin pieces of polythene or cling film.
Store in airtight container.
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