Puri ka Halwa
Puri ka halwa is a sweet, slightly softer dessert that is usually yellow and is made with semolina. Puri ka Halwa is served with flat fried bread.
Servings: 4
Calories: 321kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup fine semolina or soji
- 1/4 cup oil or ghee
- 2 green cardamom
Ingredients for Simple Syrup
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1.5 cups water
- 1/4 tsp orange or yellow food color
Garnish
- a few pistachios and almonds
Instructions
Make Simple Syrup
- Add all the ingredients for the sugar syrup in a pot and cook until the sugar dissolves. It'll take about 5 minutes, then leave it on the side.
Make Halwa
- In another pot, add ghee or oil and cardamom. Stir for 1 minute.
- Add semolina and cook for 2-3 minutes. We are not going to brown the semolina.
- Add simple syrup and cook on medium heat, stirring constantly until the bubbles start forming about two minutes.
- Take it off the stove immediately, cover and leave it for about 5 minutes. In the beginning, it will have lots of water but trust me with this step.
- After 5 minutes, garnish with almonds and pistachios.
Nutrition
Calories: 321kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 5mg | Potassium: 51mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg