Karachi Halwa Ii

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 500 g caster sugar
• 115 g arrowroot
• 3 -5 drops yellow food coloring
• 2 teaspoons lime juice
• ghee, as required
• 60 g almonds
• 30 pistachios

Recipe

• 1 dissolve the sugar in 3 cups of water.
• 2 stir and boil for 5 minutes.
• 3 strain through a sieve lined with muslin cloth.
• 4 mix arrowroot powder with 1.
• 5 5 cups cold water to make a thin paste.
• 6 cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture turns into one lump-less lump!
• 7 add lime juice.
• 8 stir away!
• 9 gradually add the sugar syrup.
• 10 when the mixture sticks to the base of the pan, add 1 tablespoons.
• 11 ghee.
• 12 repeat this step until the mixture becomes a lump again!
• 13 fold in the nuts.
• 14 pour into a greased pan.
• 15 smooth down with a greased spoon.
• 16 allow to cool.
• 17 cut into squares and serve.
• 18 store refrigerated for upto 4 days.