Corn Halwa Recipe - Makki Ka Halwa
Total Time: 25 minutes
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients:
- saffron strands generous
- ghee
- cardamom (elaichi) podsseeds
- milk
- sugar
- sweet corn
- cashews
Instructions:
- To begin making the Corn Halwa recipe, firstly boil or pressure cook sweet corn in 2 tablespoons of water for 2 whistles
- Allow it to cool
- Add the cooked corn kernels to mixer and grind into coarse paste adding a little water
- Heat 2 tablespoons ghee in a heavy bottomed pan
- Add the corn paste and saute well for 5 minutes until the colour changes to golden
- Now add milk, sugar, saffron and crushed cardamom to it
- Stir well and cook the Corn Halwa in medium flame until it becomes slightly thick
- Add the remaining ghee and cook the Corn Halwa stirring continuously until the ghee gets absorbed and starts leaving sides of the pan
- This will take about 6 to 8 minutes
- Heat a tadka pan with ghee
- Add the cashews and fry till they turn a little brown in colour
- Add these cashews with ghee on the Corn Halwa and it is ready to be served
- Serve Corn Halwa as a dessert after a simple meal of Palak Dal, Sev Tamatar Ki Sabzi and Phulka for a weekday meal