Apr 13, 2009

MAIDA HALWA

When I was a child my mom use to make this halwa for my b'day.every year on my b'day amma use to ask me what special you want for you b'day, and I ask for this halwa with pulihora(Tamarind rice)or gulab jamun with pulihora and this is the menu for my every b'day.Thank you so so much amma for this lovely halwa. TAMIL PUTHANDU VAZHTHUKKAL
HAPPY TAMIL NEW YEAR TO ALL



Maida (all purpose flour) --- 1 cup
sugar ---- 1 &1/2 cup (or according to your taste you can increase or decrease the sugar)
red orange food color --- 2 pinches
Cashew nuts --- 20 broken and roasted
Ghee --- 2 cups
Cardamom powder --- 1 tea sp

METHOD:-----

Shift maida in to a big bowl and add water to make a thin batter like rava dosa batter and add food color to this maida batter and leave a side.
Now add little water to sugar and boil it to make a sticky syrup(add a little water to sugar don't add too much water ).
Now add maida mixture to the sugar syrup keep stirring well. with in 6-8 min it will get thick.
In the same time heat the ghee, now start adding the ghee to the maida and sugar syrup mixture and keep stirring. The halwa would absorb all the ghee then again add some more ghee and keep stirring,by the time you finish the ghee halwa starts to leave the sides of the pan and it will become like a ball around to your laddle. Now add cardamom powder and mix well.
Now transfer it in to a greased plate and make it flat with a spoon and let it cool and cut in to pieces with a greased knife and garnish with roasted cashew nuts.
enjoy your sweet.
this will stay for 10 days .

32 comments:

Unknown said...

aaha kadaila irukara madri iruke..inike panitu naliku solren result ;)craving so much for sweets nowadays ;)

Jaishree Iyer said...

Halwa looks delicious.. drooling.. nice click..TAMIL PUTHANDU VAZHTHUKKALto you:)

Nandinis food said...

Wow ! wonderful,tempting halwa.Have to try this.Happy New Year!

Saritha said...

Lovely colour rekha,looks yummy

sree said...

Wow..nice color...looks delicious

Ramya said...

Yummy Rekha what a coincidence I too love this Halwa very muchhh

Trupti said...

Halva looks delicious Prema. Happy New Year !!

Anonymous said...

Happy New Year Rekha..the halwa looks great for such an occasion !!

Lubna Karim said...

Wow looks yum....Simple recipe and yummy ingredients......

Chutneytales said...

The halwa looks perfect.Very yummy and is like store-bought onces.Tamil Puthandu Vazhthukal!

Lavanya said...

mouth watering rekha..i love this halwa..but i never tried in home..i will definetely give a try..i dont have food color..without that also it looks good right!!

Deepthi Shankar said...

nice halwa rekha. I think its also called bombay halwa right??

Priya Suresh said...

Wow maida halwa looks delicious..just drooling, Wishing happy tamil new year to u & ur family Rekha:)

Pavani said...

Happy New Year.. That dessert looks awesome. Simple & delicious.

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

woooow halwa is amazing very simple and colorful... delectable dish...

Pooja said...

Yummy rekha..looking colorful and delicious..Tried it once it is a disaster..

Unknown said...

Iniya puthaandu nalvazhthukkal! Halwa looks too good!

Cham said...

u made it perfectly! Happy New Tamil year

Unknown said...

happy new year..maida halwa looks good..lovely colour..

notyet100 said...

maida halwa looks yum,..nice colour too,..

Chitra said...

super rekha, nice color, i tried cornflour halwa in a similar way:)will try this soon:)

Indian Khana said...

Looks so yummy...and Happy New Year

chef and her kitchen said...

halwa is looking yummy..Nice colour

Unknown said...

wow.. nice colour.. Happy tamil new year to u & ur family..

Malar Gandhi said...

Wow...looks like the one from the stores...dude, you're a gifted cook to fix this at home.

Uma said...

wow, what a vibrant color! looks so tempting Rekha! Happy New year to you too!

Bindiya said...

that's new to me, will try it out looks really good!

jayasree said...

Wow.. looks usperb just like shop bouught ones. The recipe sounds simple and easy to make without much stirring. Loved the vibrant color.

Anonymous said...

halwa looks delicious and very nice color.......

Recipeswap said...

wow Rekha this looks amazing.Been so long since I ate this halwa.

Shireesha said...

Nice Color and looks delicious too. Will definitely try it.

Simplyfood said...

Looks delicious .I have never tried this halwa will surely try it.