Halwa Dessert

Name: Halwa Dessert
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: South Asia — Muslim traditions
Ingredients: 0.75 cup sugar; 2 cup water; 0.5 cup uncooked farina; 0.5 cup ghee; 0.25 cup sliced or blanched slivered almond; 0.5 cup sultana; 1 pinch saffron

Gently simmered farina, slivered almond and sultana, flavoured with saffron, a South Asian halwa.

20 min · Serves 4 · Easy

Ingredients

180 mlsugar
470 mlwater
120 mluncooked farina, Cream of Wheat
120 mlghee, butter ghee not "vegetable ghee", substitute 1/2 cup plus 2 tsp. unsalted butter (optional)
60 mlsliced or blanched slivered almond
120 mlsultana, golden raisins; dark raisins will do
1 pinchsaffron

Method

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Time: Prep 10 min · Cook 10 min · 20 min total
Difficulty: easy

1
Boil the sugar, water and saffron together to make a light syrup, set aside. Melt the ghee or butter in a deep pan over medium heat, blending in the farina and stirring constantly so that the mixture will not burn.
2
Add the sultanas and almonds. Within 3 or 4 minutes, the mixture should be a light brown. Add the saffron syrup (use caution as it will splatter) and continue stirring constantly.
4 min
3
Turn the heat to its highest and cook quickly until the mixture is the consistency of mush and the ghee just begins to separate.
4
Remove from heat immediately, and allow to cool. Serve hot or warm as a dessert.