Punjabi Halva
By: miansari66
Published: Sunday, August 21, 2011 - 11:23pm

Ingredients




Suji (Semolina)  250 g
Ghee , melted  1 cup
Cardamom green broken 8
Water 3/4 cup
Sugar 3/4 cup
Coconut slices 2 tablespoon
Almond slices 1 tablespoon
Almond diced 1 tablespoon
Almond whole 8
Pistachio diced 1 tablespoon
Pistachio whole 15
Raisin 3 tablespoon

Preparation

1 Heat ghee is a pan, add cardamom, when cardamom release flavour and pop add suji. 2 Cook on medium flame with constant stirring for 6-8 minutes till suji is light golden in colour.Add water and then sugar and stirr vogorously, add nuts and stirr. Lower the heat and simmer for 5-10 minutes. 3 Delicious Punjabi halva is ready. 4 Serve in glass plates, hot or cold.

About

Punjabi Halva is an all time sweet dish of Punjab cooked on Eid, Shab e Barat, Weddings. It is liked by all age group especially by religious peoples. There is a quote in Punjabi " jethay pakkay halva uthay molvian da jalva" meaning where-ever halva is cooked Maulanas will present.".   Enjoy my family recipe for Punjabi Halva.