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Microwave corn flour halwa recipe | Easy Diwali sweets

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Corn flour halwa recipe

This is a easy to make microwave corn flour halwa, you can make within 20 minutes. If you have un-expected guests and you want to make some sweet, you can make it so soon without sweat. This is my MIL’s trade mark sweet. She learnt it through a TV show. She makes and serves this proudly as it is made out of Microwave. And every body without fail will ask for the recipe and totally get impressed too.It uses very less ghee unlike other halwa recipe.  I could not click that well to show the delicious halwa. But the recipe and the taste is the main right.. so I think you all can adjust with it…
And Before going to the recipe, I want to say a very important thing…

🎉WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS DIWALI 🎉!!

Corn flour halwa

Corn flour halwa recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Sweet
Prep Time: 1 mins    |  Cook time: 10 mins    |  Serves: 4

Ingredients

Corn flour (white starch) – 1/2 cup

Sugar – 1 & 1/2 cups

Water – 2 cups

Ealchi powder – A pinch

Cashews – 5

Ghee – 2 tsp

Food colour – 1/2 pinch

Method

  1. Mix corn flour,sugar,water and food colour in a large microwavable bowl, without any lumps.

    2. Corn flour halwa recipe step 1

  2. Microwave in high for 6 minutes. After 4 minutes in between, mix once. Again microwave for 6 minutes, stirring in between after every 2 minutes of interval.

    3. Corn flour halwa recipe step 2

  3. Fry cashews in ghee till golden brown and mix well along with elachi powder (cardamom powder). Grease a plate with ghee and pour in the plate and let it cool down for 1/2 hour or so. Cut into pieces and enjoy!

    4. Corn flour halwa recipe step 3

Notes

  • Stirring in between as mentioned is very important to ensure even cooking.
  • Do not reduce the sugar amount,as it will change the glossy look too and end up in porridge 😉
  • The whole process is made in microwave high power.
  • According to oven the cooking time varies plus or minus 2-3 minutes.
  • Consume within one or two days. Refrigeration changes the texture so it is not recommended.
  • There is a easy way to remember the recipe. 1 part corn flour,3 parts sugar,4 parts water. i.e; which ever cup u use, use the same cup and follow the ratio. Simple.

It has a texture just like jelly, but sure sweeter than that. Do try and you will agree that this is the easiest halwa you have ever made!
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Celebrate a safe Diwali and see you all after the festival!

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  15. Hi Rajee,
    Wish you happy diwali. Such an easy and excellent sweet. My husband is fond of halwa. Once i saw the receipe, i tried it.It came out well. I'm waiting for my husband's arrival from office. He will be surprised. Thanks a lot for your wonderful sweet.

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  20. ITs nice that you are posting your MIL's recipe. I bet she would be elated that you are blogging about it. I am impressed with this halwa. Will make it sometime to impress my family too. Happy Deepavali.

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  24. Just tried the recipe.I did with 1/4 cup proportion.Turned out tasty and really good.Very easy and quick recipe.
    A question-Do we increase the timings if we increase the proportion? and how do we know it is done to pour on the tray?
    Thank you for sharing.
    Happy Diwali.

    Sema
    (I follow your blog but this is my first comment here.Looking forward to try your other recipes.)

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  38. Hi… This is the first time am getting into your blog.. tried the corn flour halwa, came out really really well.. Thanks to you. will be a regular to this blog from now on. Keep posting 🙂 Happy Deepawali!!

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  39. Hi… This is the first time am getting into your blog.. tried the corn flour halwa, came out really really well.. Thanks to you. will be a regular to this blog from now on. Keep posting 🙂 Happy Deepawali!!

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  40. This is my favourite sweet. I have made it in the past and got it right. These days I have not been able to make it basically because I am lazy:)! Love to try this one. Need one clarification though Microwave in high for 6 minutes. After 4 minutes in between, mix once. Again microwave for 6 minutes, stirring in between after every 2 . Do I have to micro for 6 mins first and then stir or stir after 4 mins and keep again for 2 mins.

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  49. Happy Diwali! I just discovered your blog through Gourmet Live and I am so happy I did so. My boyfriend is from South India and it's so nice to have such an incredibly rich resource of South Indian recipes. Thank you so much for your time and effort in this site!

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  59. hi , i visiting your blog for the past one month , i have tried few, n all came out really well…..:) i tried this corn halwa also , i followed the measurement correctly , but i used gas stove . will tat make any difference?

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  71. Great recipe. this is my MIL's fav Halwa recipe too.!! 🙂 She made it once on stove top and it tasted great. I wanted to try it but forgot about the proportion of the Corn flour – sugar ratio. Thanks for the wonderful recipe. Will try it soon.

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  74. Looks super easy, tempting and glam! When you say corn flour, do you mean makkai ka atta or the corn flour/corn starch used to thicken custards and gravies?

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  76. Hey Raks.. I tried it and it came out very well.. It was the first sweet i prepared and got lotza appreciation.. Thanks for sharing this recipe.. 🙂

    Today gonna try ur cabbage kootu.. 8)

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  91. Did you add everything in correct ratio? if you reduce sugar, it will be like a paste. If you are sure about the measurements, sure you can keep heating one minute until it reaaches halwa consistency

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  92. Hello, tried this twice……first with the exact measurements that you'd mentioned in the recipe…..second time with twice the amount…..came out great both times……thank you so much for sharing this recipe and many others…..
    Love your blog. Good luck for the future and have a very happy and wonderful 2013.
    Best wishes,
    Prabha (st.louis, USA)

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  95. Hi Raks

    I made this yesterday. Both Me & my hubby liked it. Thanks. But it came out like a porridge only. I used the exact measurements like u said. But my corn flour is yellow in color – yours seem to be white. And I used cane sugar. But I wonder how u got this result – it has to be grainy right – yours is smooth and transparent – does it all have to do with the corn flour ? Thanks again.

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  97. Thanks Raks. I can buy white corn starch anywhere right – need not be from Indian store. Also I guess white corn flour is different white corn starch. Right?

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  104. hi 🙂
    i have been reading your blog for quiet a long time and yesterday i saw this colourful halwa and tried it.
    my mom, grandma,my aunts everyone loved it and praised me that even they were not able to prepare halwa with this taste and texture and thats all because of your wonderful step by step procedure and wonderfull images and beautifull cover pics that attract me.
    thanks alot

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  106. Hi Raks

    I have been visiting your pages for the last week, tried out a few stuff, came out well. I am having lunch at my parents place tomorrow, and want to make this and surprise them. The pics are great. Thanks a lot for sharing! 🙂

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  111. Hi I just tried this recipe, as I was excited seeing such an easy rrecipe for halwa and it has turned out well except that I couldn't spread it across the greased pan evenly as it was sticky. Any specific technique you used to do that?

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  113. I did this today on a gas stove. The taste was good…but unable to cut into pieces….I guess I added more ghee….since I was not able to make pieces I microwave it for 2 min… But bad luck… Ur tip on this plz….

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  114. It okay chitra, spoon the halwa in bowl, no need to cut into pieces, at the end only taste matters and after all this is not burfi to feel bad, its halwa, so you can serve in bowl as well.

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  117. Hi Raks,

    Thanks for the awesome recipe!

    I just tried out.. it looks and tastes GREAT!

    Was very quick to make and easy too. And i made it on stove.. i was scared if it would not come out good.. but it is absolutely superb! I jus had to take care of the consistency!

    Thanks once again.

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  118. stumbled upon ur account on Facebook n found this recipe .. will definitely try this for my allergic son .. he can only eat corn in grains , nothing else .. looks easy n yummy .. will let u know how it came out

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  123. Hi, I tried this halwa twice, its very yummy and everyone enjoyed it.yesterday I tried this for a halwa competition and won second price for this.Its tasty and easy.
    very happy.thank you.

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  126. Hi Raks , i tried this few times but cudnt get good results, when i browsing the comments sections you mentioned as corn starch, but i was trying with corn flour as you said in the receipe.cud you plz mention the Ingredients.thank you

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  130. hi mam..its been a long tym since i bookmarked tis recepie…..today am tempted towards tis halwa a lot…can u pls say me hw to do it with an otg pls?

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  131. OTG cannot, can try over stove top. Follow same measurements. First make sugar syrup, when its one string consistency, dissolve corn flour in water and pour it to the syrup, keep stirring, add ghee. Stir until its shiny and thick

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  132. Hi.. Plz modify the recipe and do mention as corn starch coz i didn read the comments and tried with yellow corn flour 🙁 may benefit others like me.. I like ur recipes anyway 🙂

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  142. Hi raks,
    I've tried this ysdy. It came out really well. Yummy

    One of my friend suggested me to try with the custard powder. Will the ratio and cooking time be same like this??

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