Sohan Halwa

Sohan Halwa (Corn Starch Halwa) Recipe is a famour sweet dish of Ajmer, Rajasthan served with their lunch / Dinner. Normally typical rajasthanis have unique style of coupling the sweet dishes with main course in addition to vegetables. I checked with my rajasthani friend and posting the recipe here as per her Granny's advice...

Indira Ashokshah, Nalini Raghavan, Sasirekha Kasturirangan as requested.

Ingredients
Corn flour - 3 Tablespoon
Sugar - 3 tablespoon
Ghee - 3 tablespoon
Milk - 1/2 cup
Almonds - 25 gms
Pistachios - 25 gms
Saffron - 1/2 tsp

Method of prepartion : Mix corn flour in 1/4 cup of water and allow to dissolve properly. Dissolve saffron in water. mix required water in sugar and boil for some time. Add milk and boil again for 5 mins. Now add corn flour and saffron mixture to it. Cook the mixture over medium heat and when the mixture turns thick, start adding Ghee and continue stirring by adding ghee accordingly. Once the ghee separates, add almonds and pistachios. Pour the mixture on a greased place and allow to cool. Cut into required shape and serve in room temperature. Your Sohan Halwa is Ready

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