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Tirunelveli Halwa | Gothumai Halwa

tasty halwa
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Prep Time: 3 hours
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 3 hours 45 minutes

Ingredients

For dough

  • Wheat flour - 1 cup

For halwa

  • Water - 5 cups
  • Sugar - 2 cup + 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp
  • Oil - 1/4 cup
  • Ghee - 1 cup + 1 tbsp
  • Cashew - 3 tbsp

Instructions

  • In a wide bowl, mix wheat flour and 1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon of water, and make a pliable dough
  • Press the dough and add 5 cups of water; Keep it aside for 3 hours
  • After 3 hours, squeeze the dough well with your hand
  • Filter the wheat milk in a colander and discard the wheat flour paste
  • Filter the wheat milk again and keep it aside
  • In a wide heavy-bottomed pan, add 3 tablespoon of ghee and add cashews; sauté till the cashew is golden brown
  • Add wheat milk and stir it once in a while. Cook on a medium flame
  • Once the wheat

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Notes

  1. Make a pliable dough then add water to soak 
  2. Always soak the dough for at least 3 hours before  extracting  the wheat milk
  3. Squeeze the dough well and extract the wheat milk
  4. Strain the wheat milk in a colander two times then make halwa
  5. Caramelizing sugar gives a nice color to the halwa, don't skip it
  6. Add sugar only after the halwa starts thickening
  7. Avoid pouring a specified quantity of oil and ghee at one shot, gradually add oil and ghee alternatively, and prepare halwa
  8. Cook  till halwa turns non-sticky
  9.  Cool the halwa then store it
  10. Halwa stays good at room temperature 
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