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    Home » Recipes » Sweets

    Dry fruits halwa , Dry fruits nuts halwa recipe

    Updated on November 9, 2020 by Raks Anand 30 Comments / Jump to Recipe

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    Corn flour halwa with dry fruits and nuts made over stovetop. With full video and step by step pictures.

    I learnt a super easy and quick to prepare corn flour halwa from my MIL after marriage. She makes it in microwave oven in a jiffy when there are surprise guests. Even when the family needs a quick sweet treat, she prepares this. No sweat. Check the microwave corn flour halwa here.

    Unlike other halwa which needs too much of stirring and ghee involved in it, this corn flour halwa is pretty better in those aspects. I made this halwa this time in stove top as many of my friends as for stove top version and to make a difference, I added dry fruits and nuts.

    I also used unrefined sugar, so the colour turned out something like the south Indian wheat halwa, which I liked. If you want you can use white sugar in place of it and keep it as such or add food colour of your choice for more attractive colour. But make sure to use natural food colours as we don’t hear anything good about the artificial food colours in the market.

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    Dry fruits halwa, Nuts halwa

    Corn flour halwa with dry fruits and nuts made over stovetop. With full video and step by step pictures.
    Course Sweets
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes minutes
    Servings 18
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • ½ cup Corn flour white corn starch
    • 1 & ½ cup Sugar
    • ¼ cup Ghee
    • ¾ cup Dry fruits nuts mixed
    • 1 Cardamom
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    Instructions

    • Dissolve corn flour in 1 & ½ cups water, keep aside. In a heavy bottomed pan, add sugar.
    • Add 1 cup water and stir well. Once sugar dissolves and starts boiling, let it boil for 2 minutes. No need to wait until any consistency to reach.To this syrup, stir in the dissolved corn flour.
    • Keep stirring. It will turn glossy.
    • Once glossy and smooth, start adding ghee one tablespoon at a time and mix until it absorbs. Once ¼ cup ghee is added completely, add chopped dry fruits and nuts, powdered cardamom.
    • Continue stirring until you see small whitish bubbles at the bottom. Keep a greased tray ready.
    • Pour the halwa and let it become warm enough to handle. Invert and tap gently. It will come off easily and cut it into pieces with sharp knife.

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    Notes

    • When you pour the corn flour mixture, it will un evenly look as if it is forming lumps, but keep stirring, it will become evenly smooth and glossy.
    • Add ghee only after the mixture turns glossy. The sugar syrup need not reach any consistency. So just boil so that it is not like water.
    • I used nuts like badam, cashewnuts, pistachios, dates, raisin, tutti fruity.
    • You can also add chopped dry figs.
    • You can add or reduce ghee as per your wish, but ghee gives the halwa flavour.
    • Also 1 teaspoon lemon juice can be added while making halwa for a tangy twist.
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    Dry fruit halwa step by step photos:

    1. Dissolve corn flour in 1 & ½ cups water, keep aside. In a heavy bottomed pan, add sugar. corn--flour-halwa-1
    2. Add 1 cup water and stir well. Once sugar dissolves and starts boiling, let it boil for 2 minutes. No need to wait until any consistency to reach.To this syrup, stir in the dissolved corn flour. corn-flour-halwa-2
    3. Keep stirring. It will turn glossy. corn-flour-halwa-3
    4. Once glossy and smooth, start adding ghee one tablespoon at a time and mix until it absorbs. Once ¼ cup ghee is added completely, add chopped dry fruits and nuts, powdered cardamom. corn-flour-halwa-4
    5. Continue stirring until you see small whitish bubbles at the bottom. Keep a greased tray ready. corn-flour-halwa-5
    6. Pour the halwa and let it become warm enough to handle. Invert and tap gently. It will come off easily and cut it into pieces with sharp knife. corn-flour-halwa-6

    Best when consumed the same day. But you can keep refrigerated and consume within 3 days.

    dry-fruits-corn-flour-halwa

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Janani

      September 30, 2017 at 7:47 am

      Wow semma raji...def going to try for this diwali. Thanks dear

      Reply
      • Aparna N

        November 02, 2021 at 1:17 pm

        Hello raks! It looks yummyHave you used brown sugar here?

        Reply
        • Raks Anand

          November 02, 2021 at 7:29 pm

          Hi Aparna, it is unrefined sugar ...

          Reply
    2. G3

      October 19, 2017 at 10:12 am

      Can yellow cornflour be used? Is there a difference?

      Reply
    3. Jaisree

      October 19, 2017 at 10:13 am

      Hi raks, have you added jaggery or sugar or brown sugar. Just asking becoz I wanted to know how u got the texture ? And the brown color

      Reply
    4. SANGEETHA RAMNATH

      October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

      Can we use brown sugar/demerara sugar instead of white sugar.

      Reply
    5. SANGEETHA RAMNATH

      October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

      Can we use brown sugar/demerara sugar instead of white sugar.

      Reply
    6. SANGEETHA RAMNATH

      October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

      Can we use brown sugar/demerara sugar instead of white sugar.

      Reply
    7. Unknown

      October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

      Not white sugar??

      Reply
    8. dhanasathesh

      October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

      Hi Raji, is white corn starch and white corn powder are same?

      Reply
    9. Ranjitham Elango

      October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

      Hi Raks,I followed your recipe to the dot. But mine didn't get the glossy consistency. It did get smooth but even after continuous stirring I couldn't get the glossy texture. Where could I have gone wrong?

      Reply
    10. Rajee

      October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

      Will give a try. Thanks.

      Reply
    11. Aarthy Richard

      October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

      Even if we use normal sugar do we get this halwa colour or we need to caremalize the normal white sugar?

      Reply
    12. Geetha prabha

      October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

      Can I use Brown sugar instead of unrefined sugar?

      Reply
    13. Geetha prabha

      October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

      Hi
      Can I use brown sugar instead of unrefined sugar?

      Reply
    14. Priya Ramkumar

      October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

      Wowww .. delicious halwa .. I will try it this diwali .. can u please let me know the size of the tray u have used here .. i am looking for one that would make around 25 pieces (of size above)in one shot.

      Reply
    15. Rajee

      October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

      Did you use brown sugar? Will give a try this year for sure. Thanks

      Reply
    16. Raks anand

      October 19, 2017 at 10:29 am

      Yellow corn flour has different texture, it needs different recipe I guess.

      Reply
    17. Raks anand

      October 19, 2017 at 10:53 am

      I used unrefined sugar. Not brown sugar or jaggery.

      Reply
    18. Raks anand

      October 19, 2017 at 10:54 am

      I used demerara unrefined sugar only.

      Reply
    19. Raks anand

      October 19, 2017 at 11:03 am

      You can use white sugar too.

      Reply
    20. Raks anand

      October 19, 2017 at 11:06 am

      It's unrefined sugar, not brown sugar.

      Reply
    21. Raks anand

      October 19, 2017 at 11:07 am

      Yes, but cannot get the same look and glossy finish.

      Reply
    22. Raks anand

      October 19, 2017 at 11:08 am

      You can use normal sugar yes, caramelizing is not necessary. But this colour will not be achieved.

      Reply
    23. Raks anand

      October 19, 2017 at 11:09 am

      Are you sure you used white corn starch (not the yellow corn flour)

      Reply
    24. Raks anand

      October 19, 2017 at 11:09 am

      Yes.

      Reply
    25. Hana Bürgerová

      November 23, 2017 at 2:55 am

      Hi, could you please tell me, how big your pan/tray is? I need to host 15 people and probably everyone would love to eat more than just one piece. So do you think that I should double the portion, or would it be enough to cut smaler squares? Thanks for answer. 🙂

      Reply
    26. Raks Kitchen

      November 23, 2017 at 2:58 am

      I would recommend to double the quantity as the tray is very small

      Reply
    27. Kalyani Ramajayam

      October 25, 2019 at 9:46 am

      5 stars
      Came out perfect, thank you as always for great measurements. It is key.

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        October 27, 2019 at 6:16 pm

        Thank you!

        Reply

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