KARACHI HALWA

KARACHI HALWA😊
By : Deepa Sujesh
INGREDIENTS :-

Corn flour - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1 and 1/2 cups
Water - 1 cup + 1 and 1/2 cups
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Cashew nuts - 1/4 cups, chopped finely
Cardamom powder - a tiny pinch

METHOD :-

Take cornflour in a mixing bowl, add 1 and 1/2 cups of water and whisk it well to avoid lumps and Keep aside.
In a nonstick pan, take sugar and add 1 cup of water. Allow it to boil and wait till the sugar completely dissolves and become slightly thick. No need to check for any string consistency but make sure the syrup is sticky.
Then add the cornflour mixture, keep stirring in low flame.Stir continuously to avoid lumps while adding.It will first start to form glossy here and there.
Then it will start to thicken and form glossy texture here and there. Keep on stirring until you see the halwa texture.Now add ghee and cardamom powder.
Once it is thick and comes together as a whole mass and starts to leave the sides of the pan add fried cashews and switch off.Now transfer the mixture to a ghee greased plate.Let it to set atleast for an hour then cut into squares and enjoy.