WHEAT HALWA

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 cups Whole Wheat flour ( Atta )

8 tablespoons Ghee

2 1/2 cups Sugar  

4 tablespoons Cashew nuts pieces

1 teaspoon Cardamom powder 

2 tablespoons Lime juice

1/2 tsp kesar powder

METHOD

1. Roast cashews in 1 tablespoon ghee till golden brown. Set aside.
2. Grease a flat tray with ghee and keep it  ready.
3. In a larg bowl, mix together whole wheat flour in about 4 cups or more of water. Dissolve the flour properly in water and remove lumps. Let the mixture stand for about 20 minutes. If the flour is coarse, the bigger particles of the flour will settle at the bottom. 
4. In a pan, heat 3 tablespoons ghee. Add the flour mix from Step 3. Discard the flour particles settled at the bottom of the flour-water mix. Add sugar.  
5. Heat the flour mix on medium heat.  Keep stirring the flour mix with a spatula continuously so that it does not stick to the bottom of the pan.  
6. Add  kesar pdr & cardamom powder. 
7. When the halwa thickens, add 4 tablespoons of ghee and roasted cashews. Keep stirring till the halwa leaves the sides of the pan.
8. Add lime juice. Lime juice gives halwa a glazed transparent jelly-like look. 
9. When the halwa turns into a semi-solid lump as shown in the picture, switch off stove. 
10. Pour the halwa onto the greased tray 
11.  Flatten the halwa in the tray using a flat-bottomed greased bowl. 
12. Cut the halwa into square pieces as shown in picture and leave it at room temperature to cool down.   
13. After the halwa solidifies and cools off, separate the halwa pieces and store them.