Walnut Halwa | Walnut Halwa with jaggery | Akhrot Halwa

Walnut Halwa  – a rich, decadent dessert made from walnuts.

Walnut Halwa is a delicious dessert made from walnuts. This is specially made during winters as walnuts are known to keep the body warm. This also makes for a perfect dessert for festivals. Walnuts are coarsely ground and then roasted for sometime before cooking them in milk and mawa. Generally, sugar is used to make walnut halwa. But I have used jaggery in this recipe, thus making it healthier. Here goes the recipe for walnut halwa.

Ingredients

3 cups of walnut (akhrot)
1 tbsp clarified butter (ghee)
2 cups of milk (doodh)
1 cup of khoya (mawa)
2 cups of jaggery (gud), grated or broken into small pieces.
1 tsp cardamom powder (elaichi powder)
2 to 3 tsp of chopped pistachios (pista) for garnishing
Edible Silver leaf for garnishing (chandi ka vark)  (optional)

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Method

• Firstly, blend the walnuts to a coarse powder.
• Heat ghee in a pan.
• Add powdered walnuts.
• Saute for 4 to 5 minutes.
• Now, add milk.
• Cook the mixture on a low flame, stirring continuously.
• Add mawa to the mixture.
• Keep stirring continuously.
• When the mixture starts thickening, add jaggery.
• Keep stirring till the mixture gets thick. 
• When the mixture starts leaving the sides of the pan, add cardamom powder.
• Turn off the heat.
• Grease a tray with ghee.
• Transfer the mixture to the greased tray and spread evenly using a spatula.
• Garnish with chopped pistachios.
• You can also garnish with edible silver leaf. 
• Allow it to cool completely.
• You can refrigerate the halwa before cutting into pieces.
• After it cools completely. cut into desired shapes.
• Walnut Halwa is ready to be served.

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