Dessert
Apple Halwa Recipe
Prep Time | 20 minutes |
Cook Time | 35 minutes |
Servings |
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Ingredients
- 6 to 7 medium sized apples peeled, cored and diced
- 2 tablespoons ghee or butter or oil
- 1 tablespoon Water
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla powder or 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 5 tablespoons sugar add more if the apples are less sweet
- 1 tablespoon blanched almonds peeled & halved or chopped
- 1 tablespoon blanched pistachios peeled & halved or chopped
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Instructions
- Melt the ghee or butter in a kadai or saucepan.
- Add the apples and fry them for 4-5 minutes.
- When they get soft and browned, add 1 tbsp water.
- Lower the heat and cook the apples uncovered for 15 minutes till they merge and thicken.
- Mash the apples with your spoon and stir frequently to avoid the mixture from getting burnt.
- Add the sugar.
- Continue to stir and cook till the whole mixture becomes one and starts to pull away from the bottom of the pot.
- Raise the heat and keep on stirring.
- Add cinnamon powder and vanilla powder or vanilla extract. Mix these and continue to stir.
- When the mixture becomes translucent around the edges and its becomes difficult to remove the spoon, remove the kadai or saucepan from the fire.
- Add chopped dryfruits or raisins and cook for a further 2 minutes.
- Take the halwa on a plate and form into a layer of 1 inch thick square
- Decorate the halwa with halved almonds and pistachois.
- When cooled, cut into squares.
- Serve apple halwa warm or cold.
- Apple Halwa can be refrigerated and stays good for 3-4 days.