Custard Halwa Recipe

Custard Halwa is a chewy, delicious sweet made by simmering custard powder, sugar, ghee & nuts and shaped into blocks. The Custard Halwa recipe is simple & quick to make than the regular halwa and requires lesser ghee. Custard Halwa is a colourful, gummy delight!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup custard powder

• 1 and 1/2 cups sugar

• 2 cups water

• 2 tbsp ghee

• 6 cashews broken

• a tiny pinch of cardamom powder

Instructions

1. Add custard powder and sugar to a pan, and add 2 cups of water.

2. Whisk it well to avoid lumps, and mix well till sugar completely dissolves, we are doing all this off the stove. Grease a tin/plate with ghee and keep it ready.

3. Heat the pan and keep stirring.

4. Keep stirring in low flame. Stir continuously to avoid lumps. It will first start to form glossy here and there, then entirely polished. Add a tbsp of ghee at this stage.

5. Add cardamom powder.

6. Then it will start to thicken. Keep on stirring until you see the halwa texture.

7. Once it is thick and comes together as a whole mass and starts to leave the sides of the pan add the remaining ghee, and cashews, mix well and switch off.

8. Now transfer the mixture to a ghee-greased plate. Let it set at least for an hour then cut into squares and enjoy.

9. 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.

10. Now transfer the mixture to a ghee-greased tin. Let it set at least for an hour then invert, cut into squares and enjoy.

11. Garnish each square with cashews. Enjoy Custard Halwa!

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