Micro Wheat Halwa
by chitvish
23 May 2005
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Get ready to tempt your sweet tooth by preparing the tasty Micro wheat halwa quickly in a microwave oven. The roasted wheat flour based rava is cooked with ghee and sugar and then enjoyed mixed with saffron.
Micro Wheat Halwa recipe - How to make Micro Wheat Halwa
Preparation Time: 30 mts Cooking Time: Total Time:
1 cup broken wheat (dalia)
1/2 kg sugar
3 cups boiling water
3/4 cup ghee
1/4 tsp saffron (kesar) strands
1 tsp cardamom (elaichi) powder
saffron (kesar) strands very little
Method
- Soak wheat rawa for 2 hours in water.
- Wash well, strain and grind in a liquidiser with 1 cup of water.
- Strain well, squeezing the rawa.
- Repeat this four more times.
- Collect the strained liquid.
- Allow it to stand for 3 - 4 hours in a tall vessel to settle well.
- The thick milk which is used for the halwa settles at the bottom. remove the liquid on top carefully and retain only the thick sediment at the bottom.
- Mix kesar powder well and keep ready.
- Warm saffron and powder.
- In a big micro bowl take 2 cups of water and the sugar, mix thoroughly and
- Micro hi for 15-20 mts, stirring 3-4 times in between.
- Test for a thin one string consistency.
- When it is reached ,add the paste and 2 tbsp ghee.
- Stir very well and micro hi for 5 mts.
- Remove add 1 cup boiling water,2 tbsp ghee, mix thoroughly with a handblender and micro hi for 8 mts.
- Repeat this twice more till 3 cups of boiling water are used.
- This helps to cook the sediment well.
- By this time halwa should be fairly thick.
- Add 2 tbsp ghee and micro hi for 5mts
- Remove ,mix spices,remaining ghee, and micro hi for 5 mts
- Remove and stir for a few mts to prevent crust formation.
- Empty on a greased plate and cool.
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