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Thirunelveli Halwa By Chef Rakesh Raghunathan

Rakesh Raghunathan
Thirunelveli Halwa is an iconic dish from Tamil Nadu. Chef Rakesh Raghunathan brings this mouth-watering sweet dish to your kitchens.

Serves

4

Cooking Time

22-25 Min

Meal Type

sweet

Preparation Time

15-17 Min

Difficulty

EXPERT

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INGREDIENTS

    • 1 cup soaked wheat paste

    • 3 cups wheat paste milk

    • 1 cup sugar syrup

    • 2 tsp ghee

    • 10 cashew nuts

PREPARATION

  1. 1

    Soak a cup of wheat in water overnight. Drain it and make a paste.

  2. 2

    To get wheat paste milk, filter the paste using a muslin cloth.

  3. 3

    Heat a pan, add the first milk of wheat paste followed by the second and third milk. Keep stirring to avoid lumps.

  4. 4

    In a few minutes, it will reach porridge consistency, at this stage add sugar syrup, 2 tsp ghee, keep mixing till it turns gooey.

  5. 5

    Heat 1 tsp ghee in a pan, add cashew nuts and fry it until it turns golden brown.

  6. 6

    Add that fried cashew in halwa. Thirunelveli Halwa is ready to serve now.

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