Akhrot Halwa | Walnut Halwa
a rich and indulgent dessert made with walnuts, milk and jaggery.
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 2 cups walnuts (akhrot)
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup jaggery
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
- 2 tbsp chopped pistachios for garnishing (optional)
Instructions
- Blend 2 cups of walnuts on pulse mode of the mixer to a coarse powder. Keep aside.
- Heata pan and add 1 tbsp ghee.
- Add walnut powder and saute for a minute or so.
- Now add milk. Keep stirring on low heat.
- Keep stirring continuously until the mixture starts thickening.
- Add jaggery and keep stirring till the jaggery melts.
- When the jaggery melts completely, the mixture will start spluttering.
- At this stage, cover the pan and cook on low flame for few minutes till the mixture attains the consistency of halwa.
- The mixture will start leaving the sides of the pan. Turn off the heat.
- Add cardamom powder and give a quick mix.
- Serve Akhrot halwa garnished with chopped pistachios, as a stand-alone dessert or with vanilla ice-cream.
- It tastes best with vanilla ice-cream.