Food
Gud Ka Halwa
Harpal Singh Sokhi Darpan, 18 Apr, 2022
Ingredients
- 1.25 ltr. water
- 1 cup jaggery
- 1 tsp cardamom powder
- 1 tsp ginger powder
- 1 cup ghee
- 2 tbsp cashew nuts
- 2 tbsp almonds
- 2 tbsp pistachio
- 1 tbsp raisins
- 1 cup semolina
- 1 tsp saffron
Preparation
- First in a sauce pan add water, jaggery, cardamom powder, ginger powder and let the jaggery dissolve in it properly. Once the jaggery melts, add saffron in it to enhance the color.
- Heat ghee in another pan, add cashew nuts, almonds, pistachio and cook till they are brown in color. Remove and keep it aside.
- Now in same pan add semolina and roast till light brown in color. Add raisins, mix well and roast till raisins are fluffy.
- Add jaggery water in it, mix well till it is thick in consistency. Keep the halwa little bit watery, because once it gets cool, it will get thick. Now add mixed nuts in it and mix it properly.
- Serve in a glass bowl and garnish it with mixed nuts on it.
MORE Food ARTICLES
With over 15 years of experience in the food industry and over 10 years as executive and corporate chef across India and the USA, chef Ranveer has been recognized for his contribution to various cuisines by institutions such as The American Institute of Wine & Food (AIWF), Academy for International Culinary Art's (AICA) and James Beard House
When I was younger my grandma would bring me a Fudgsicle when she would pick me up from school during the summer.
In the galette version, the pie crust is filled with a frangipane-like filling using the ingredients typically found in ghughra.
My version doesn’t have much sugar, so feel free to increase or decrease the amount of sugar to your liking.
It wasn’t until Vasavada was an adult living in San Francisco that she realized how much she missed the Indian sweets of her childhood.
Most of the sweetness comes from the berries, so feel free to play with the amount of sweetened condensed milk so that the sweetness level is to your liking.
