Sweets

Pista Halwa

Name: Pista Halwa
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: Pista 100 g; milk 1/2 glass; besan flour 1/4 cup; sugar 1/2 cup; ghee 3 tbsp; oil 1 tbsp; cardamom powder 1 tsp; mixed nut 1 tbsp

By KarthikaRajendran

• October 20, 2016

Pista Halwa

Pista Halwa is a very simplified version of the famous halwa.Pista Halwa has a mild nutty flavour and attractive colour, both of which make it very tempting. This Halwa is mildly flavoured with cardamom, and tastes good as such.

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Tamil

Servings people

Ingredients

Pista 100 g
milk 1/2 glass
besan flour 1/4 cup
sugar 1/2 cup
ghee 3 tbsp
oil 1 tbsp
cardamom powder 1 tsp
mixed nut 1 tbsp

Instructions

Soak the pista in hot water for 15 mins
Remove the skin
blend it into smooth paste by adding milk
In a pan add pista paste, sugar and ghee ans mix it
add cardamom powder and stir continuously
add besan flour, ghee and oil and stir it for 15 mins in low flame
keep stirring until it thickens and is non-sticky
heat the ghee in the pan and fry the mixed nuts and transfer to the halwa and stir it.
now pista halwa is ready to serve