Recipe: Perfect Habshi Halwa

Habshi Halwa. Habshi Halwa is a milk halwa that is made by curdling, sweetening and flavoring milk. It is a slightly tedious task to cook the halwa as it takes long to get it to the right consistency. But it is worth the effort because it brings together the best of milk solids, ghee and nuts, into a right Indian dessert.

A Very different variant Habashi Halwa. Sticky, chewy, and nutty, habshi halwa is as royal as it gets. I have changed it a little due to ingredients non-availability. You can have Habshi Halwa using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Habshi Halwa

1. You need 150 gm of Wheat Flour (preferably sprouted wheat paste).
2. Prepare 2 litres (1+1) of Milk.
3. Prepare 500 gm of Sugar (to taste).
4. Prepare 200 gm (100+100) of Assorted Dry Fruits.
5. It's 350 gm (100+250) of Desi Ghee.
6. It's 2 tsp of Green Cardamom Powder.
7. Prepare 2 tbsp of Citric Acid.
8. Prepare 1 cup of Dark Chocolate.

Process for Habshi Halwa - Multani Sohan Halwa Ambala - Habshi Halwa. How does this food fit into your daily goals? Habshi is an Urdu word that denotes the dark appearance of this Indian dessert. It is a sticky sweet, mostly consumed during the winter months, made with wheat extract.

Habshi Halwa step by step

1. Collect ingredients: dry fruits, wheat flour, sugar.
   
   
   
2. Dark Chocolate, Desi Ghee, Citric Acid.
   
   
   
3. Boil 1 litres of milk. Switch Off Flame. Bring down temperature to 20%. Add Citric Acid to curdle milk..
4. Cook the curdled milk to thicken the consistency. Divide 200 gm dry fruits into two parts - 100 gm each..
5. Take 100 gm Desi Ghee in a pan. Roast wheat flour and add 1 litres of milk slowly and step wise to avoid lumps. This wheat flour milk will now be added in thickened curdled milk in parts, step wise, continuously stirring the mixture..
6. In this mixture start adding Chopped chocolate, stir it, add sugar..
7. Add crushed seeds of green Cardamom or add green Cardamom Powder, one part of dry fruits and stir it..
8. Add 250 gm Desi Ghee in parts, stepwise. Cook till colour changes to dark brown. Whole cooking is to be done on low flame. It is a work of patience if you want the best results. Prepare burfi tray. Lay on a good quality of butter paper in tray..
9. Transfer it to the tray. Garnish with second part of dry fruits. Let it set to cool naturally. DON'T REFRIGERATE IT..
10. Serve with pride. This is for the first time I prepared..

Habshi Halwa is known as Crown Prince of Halwa desserts. It is made with milk, khoya, sprouted wheat, sugar, ghee, saffron, and small cardamoms. Habshi Halwa was the recipe prepared in royal kitchens of Mughal Emperors. Once you eat it, you will forget the sweetness of other desserts. in a pan add the milk and bring it to a boil. once boiled add the citric acid and water mix in the milk, turn off the flame and cover it for a few min till the milk separat. once the milk separats then cook on high flame till the water drys. while drying the water add the coco powder, green cardamom powder mix well. In these sweets of Old Delhi is the king of sweet is "Habshi Halwa Sohan".