Apple Halwa, tastes much similar to our famous and popular "Irutukadai Halwa " (Tirnunelveli Halwa / Wheat Halwa). The texture, color and taste are much similar to Tirunelveli Halwa.So, if you plan to surprise your family and friends with a yummy dessert, you should plan to make this delicious halwa.Lets see how to make this yummy and tasty Apple Halwa
Preparation and Yield:
Preparation time 10 mins
Cooking Time 40 mins
Yield 200gms
Ingredients:
Apple 3
Sugar 1 Cup*
Cardamom Powder 1/4 teaspoon
Orange Food Color a Pinch
Ghee 2 tablespoon
Cashew nuts 5-6
Almonds 5
Method:
- Wash and peel the apples and chop it into small cubes. Soak it in water to avoid decolouring. Add the apple pieces to the mixer and grind it to a nice and smooth paste
- Heat a teaspoon of ghee in a pan and add broken cashews and almonds and fry till they are slightly golden brown color. Take these out and set it aside. To the pan, now add the ground apple pulp and saute it in ghee
- Keep stirring the apple pulp till the water is absorbed. Then add sugar to the pan. Adding sugar again dilutes the apple halwa. Keep stirring to avoid halwa getting burnt.
- Add food color and mix well. Then add cardamom powder also and continue stirring the halwa
- Add rest of the ghee and keep stirring, till the halwa becomes thick and starts to roll like a ball without sticking to the sides of the pan. Finally add roasted cashews and almonds and mix well. Switch off the flame and keep stirring the halwa for couple more minutes.
- Mouth-watering Apple halwa is now ready to serve!