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Jharkhand · Dessert

Halwa

Traditional 6. Halwa recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• 150g semolina, 40ml ghee, 60g jaggery (grated), 300ml water, 5g cardamom powder, 20g cashew (halved), 20g raisins, pinch salt, 10g almonds (chopped)

👩‍🍳 How to make Halwa

1. Heat ghee in heavy pan, add semolina, stir continuously 4-5 min until light golden and fragrant.
2. In separate pot, heat water with jaggery until jaggery dissolves.
3. Slowly pour jaggery water into semolina while stirring constantly to avoid lumps.
4. Cook 6-7 min until water is absorbed and halwa leaves the sides of pan.
5. Add cardamom, cashew, raisins, almonds, salt.
6. Mix well.
7. Visual cue: halwa should be granular, light golden, ghee visible on surface, nuts golden-brown and visible.

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