If you remember the geography of India, you may remember Khambat for the gulf of Khambat but I remember it for its delectable Halwasan. It's a delicious sweet made from paneer and broken wheat flavored with nutmeg and garnished with char magaz. I did not make this Halwasan myself but our Maharaj - MIL's chef, shared his recipe with me.
Halwasan
Ingredients
1 litre Whole Milk
1 tbsp plain yogurt
1/4 cup broken wheat
2 tbsp ghee/clarified butter/
2 1/2 cups sugar
2-3 cardamoms, seeds crushed
1/4 nutmeg, grated
1 tbsp char magaz or slivers of almonds & pistachios
Method
1. Grind the broken wheat in a grinder till it becomes a coarse powder. Set aside
2. Bring milk to boil. Add curds to the boiling milk to make the Paneer/Indian cottage cheese as described here.
3. Take out paneer and keep on a low flame.
4. Heat ghee/clarified butter. Roast coarse broken wheat powder till light brown.
5. Add roasted wheat to the paneer. Stir well.
6. Now add sugar. Keep on stirring on a low flame till it thickens.
7. When it gets a dough like consistency, add nutmeg and cardamom powders. Mix well.
8. Remove from gas. Let it cool for some time.
9. Roll into small spheres and then flatten each sphere.
10. Garnish with char magaz or almonds/pistachios slivers.
Note -
I found another recipe on the net here.
This post is my contribution to Sunshine Mom's celebration of Color - Brown.
This post is also my contribution to Pallavi's Diwali: Yummy Festival Feasts .
This post is also my contribution to Srivalli's JFI - Festival Event.
15 comments:
I have to say i have never had this sweet.
Looks yumm
I have never heard of this sweet and I love that you call your chef Maharaj. :)
Halwa looks delicious..Perfect for the festive season..
Looks nice recipe...never tried this
Looks yummy..Am sure being a paneer sweet dish, it must have tasted rich and delicious..
Thats such a lovely entry..thanks meera!
Thanks Meera! I have heard of this sweet before but never tried it!
Meera, new hai yeh mithai..wow..my sweet tooth just doesn't let go of gazing this amazing mithai! The name itself is soooo mitha! Loved the look of it, thks for 'extracting' (or extorting :D) recipe!!(Hey love this way of comment..u changed a bit of format...4 good!)
Happy Cook:
Thank you.
Srimathi:
Thanks. Actually, I think, all the Gujarati cooks are called as Maharaj everywhere. :-)
Divya Vikram:
Thanks.
Vanamala:
Thank you.
Maya:
You are right. It does taste rich and yummy.
Srivalli:
Thanks. Glad you liked it.
Harini:
It sure is delicious.
Purnima:
You are so right. I think extorting may be the riight word when it comes to recipes!!!:-D
Remember, Thakkar sweets/farsan mart, they generally used to have this mithai. Whatever change you see, it's by google blogger itself not me!!:-)
Thanks for introducing a new sweet to me. It sounds healthy with wheat and just 2 tbspn of ghee. Bookmarked.
Thakkar's Andheri wala? Oh I used to drool and drool at their collection of pickles, Meera, must hv done more 'Pradakshinas' than in the opposite Ganesh temple! :D
HAPPY DIWALI AGAIN!
Jayashree:
Thanks. Glad you liked it.
Purnima:
Oh, I remember that Andheriwala Thakkar opposite Vancha Siddhi Ganpati temple, right? It was on my way while going to SEEPZ.
i love this sweet like anything, dint know its name was halwasan....will surely try it out.
u have an amazing blog with looooooooooooooads of brilliant recipes. im adding u to my followers list:)
The recipe didn't work! :( The sugar wouldn't melt and waiting for it to do so the entire thing got burnt! :(
Please ask your Maharajji for more precise instructions...
A couple of specific questions: 1)For hw many minutes does he roast the coarsely ground broken wheat? 2)Is it 2 tbsp melted or solid ghee? 3) Are you sure of the amnt of sugar? 4) Most importantly, how do I get the sugar to melt???
Thank u!
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