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Doodhi Halwa (Bottlegourd Pudding)

Ingredients: 1 1/2 kg doodhi (bottlegourd), 250 gms khoya; crumbled, 300 gms sugar, 1/2 cup ghee, 8-10 elaichi (green cardamom) powdered, A handful of dry fruits as per your choice, Few drops of green food color (optional). Method: Peel and grate doodhi, then hold between your palms and press to drain out excess liquid. (Use [...]

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Apple Halwa

Ingredients: 500gms/3 apples, 1 cup sugar (or as per taste), 1 cup condensed milk, Few drops of yellow food color, 8-10 cashew nuts, 6-8 almonds, 1 tbsp ghee. Method: Peel the apples and grate them. Immediately heat a pan and add the grated apple to it with little water. Cover and cook for few minutes. [...]

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Moong Dal Halwa

Ingredients: 2 cups moong dal, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups milk, 1 1/2 cup ghee, 150 gms khoya, 7-8 almonds, 8-10 pods of elaichi (ground), A handful of raisins, Few strands of kesar (saffron), Few drops of yellow food color. Method: Soak the moong dal for 2-3 hours. Then wash it and drain well. Now [...]

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Sheera or Halwa (for prashad)

The standard measurement for the recipe of prashad is 1 1/4 be it in cups, grams or kilos. Ingredients: 1 1/4 cup sooji or rava, (not very fine), 1 1/4 cup hot milk, 1 1/4 cup sugar, 1 1/4 cup ghee, 1 1/4 banana, 1/4 tsp elaichi (green cardamom) powder, Dry fruits as per taste, [...]

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Mango Sheera (Mango Halwa)

Ingredients: 2 cups rava or sooji, Pulp of 2 mangoes, 1 1/4 cup boiling hot milk, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup pure ghee, 1 tsp elaichi (green cardamom) powder, Chopped dry fruits (cashew nuts, almonds, raisins, etc) as per taste, Few strands of saffron (kesar). Method: Heat a kadhai (wok) add 1/4 cup ghee and [...]

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Badam Halwa (Almond halwa)

Ingredients: 1 cup almonds, blanched and peeled, 1/2 cup almonds, with skin, 2 cups milk, 1 cup sugar, 2 tbsp ghee (unsalted butter), 1-2 tsp elaichi powder (green cardamom powder). Method: Grind the almonds to a coarse powder. Heat ghee in a non-stick pan on medium flame and roast almond powder till it turns golden [...]

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Suji Halwa

Ingredients: 100 gms or 1 cup suji (Semolina), 100 gms or 1 cup sugar, 200ml or 2 cups boiled water, 15-20 raisins(soaked in water for 5 minutes) 15-20 cashewnuts, 3tbsp Desi ghee (Homemade unsalted butter). Method: Heat ghee in a wok on a medium flame. Reduce the heat to low flame and add the suji, [...]

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