Corn Flour Halwa

Indian sweets are my dad's favourite thus, i wanna dish out something new for him for the holiday and came up with this sweet and rich cornflour halwa. The halwa turns out really well at my very first trial itself which makes me really happy. Its easy to dish out and won't consume much time to get it done, just 20 minutes and you have a delicious indian sweets ready.

I shall say my dad loved the halwa so much and the sweetness was just nice for him. Adjust the amount of sugar according to you preference, as for me the suggested amount of sugar was just nice without too much on sweet side. You can make this gorgeous looking con flour halwa in a microwave since, i'm not a microwave person i made it on a stove. The lightly ghee fried cashew nuts adds a nice crunch to the soft and melt in mouth halwa. I love the beautiful orange colour of the halwa and their glossy texture.

Ingredients

1/2 cup corn flour
1-2 pinches orange food colouring
1 1/3 cup granulated white sugar
2 tbsp ghee/clarified butter
8-10 cashew nuts, roughly chopped
2 1/2 cup water


Methods

Slightly grease a plate with ghee and keep aside.

In a bowl add the 1 1/2 cup water,corn flour and orange food colouring. Stir until no lumps.

In a pan, add a tsp of ghee and fry the chopped cashew nuts until golden. Remove from heat and keep aside.

In  a non stick pan, add the remaining 1 cup of water and granulated white sugar. Stir until sugar dissolved completely.

Reduce flame to medium-low and add the corn flour mixture.  Stir continuously.

Add 1 tbsp of ghee and continue stirring until the mixture thickens  and reach a glossy and transparent texture.

Add the fried cashew nuts. Stir well.

Add the remaining ghee and keep stirring until the mixture leaves the sides of the pan.

Remove from heat and transfer into the greased plate.

Cool completely for 1-2 hours and cut into pieces before serving.