Method- Soak the samba wheat in water for at least 12 hours.
- We can soak in the night and leave it till morning.
- Drain the water after 12 hours and grind it in a mixer adding 1 cup of water.
- Strain the milk through a sieve.
- Again add 1 cup of water and grind it in mixer and get the remaining milk from the wheat.
- Strain the milk through a sieve to extract all the milk.
- Keep aside for at least 2 hours.
- The thick milk will settle at the bottom.
- Carefully pour the thin milk out and keep only the thick milk.
- In a pan, add 1 tablespoon of ghee and fry the broken cashews till they turn golden brown in colour.
- Keep aside.
- Add sugar to the pan and add 1 cup of water and allow the sugar to dissolve completely.
- Make sugar syrup on a medium flame and allow it to boil till you get a string/thread consistency.
- This is the correct consistency and you can now add the extracted thick wheat milk and stir continuously.
- Keep stirring till the mixture starts to thicken.
- Now add the roasted cashews, kesar colour and cardamom powder and stir well.
- Keep stirring for at least 45 minutes and in this period, we need to add the ghee ladle by ladle at regular intervals until the ghee is fully absorbed.
- When the halwa comes to a ball like consistency without sticking to the sides of the pan, switch off stove and remove the halwa in a bowl.
- If you would like to make pieces, grease a plate, add the halwa and allow it to cool off.
- Then we can cut it to diamond shaped pieces and serve.
Recipe & image courtesy: www.subbuskitchen.com