Almond halwa - பாதாம் அல்வா

Ingredients

1 cup almonds, 2-1/2 cup sugar, 2 cups ghee, ½ tbsp kesari

Method

Soak almonds in hot water, remove the skin and grind them into a fine paste. Now take one cup of water and add sugar and then heat them until it becomes syrup. 

Now add the almonds paste to that syrup. Put the kesari powder in water and add to it. Now add one cup of ghee when all the mixture turns like pastes add the remaining ghee. Wait for the mixture to turn like butter then the halwa is ready. 

Taste it hot and enjoy.

Beetroot halwa - பீட்ரூட் அல்வா

Ingredients

Beetroot 1kg, Sugar 2-1/2 cup, Milk 1/2 cup, Ghee 2 spoons, Cashew 1 spoon, Raisins 1 tbspoon

Method
Peel the beetroot and finely grate them. Now take water in pan and add the beetroot and put it in small flame till water gets dried. Now add sugar and half of the milk stir constantly until the mixture come to thick. Now add ghee and stir well. Add the remaining milk and kept it in small flame for 1-2min. now the halwa is ready.

Carrot Halwa - காரட் அல்வா

Ingredients:

Carrots 1/2 kg, Sugar 1/4 kg, Almonds 1 spoon, Pistachios 1 spoon, Raisins 1 spoon, Cashew nuts 1 spoon, Cardamom seeds 1 spoon, Ghee 3 spoons

Method:

Wash the carrots. Peel and grate them. Fry the Almonds, raisins, pistachios and cashew nuts in little ghee individually.

Now put the fry pan, add ghee, wait for the ghee to melt and add grated carrots and fry for 5 min after that add cardamom seeds and sugar. Cook until the sugar dissolves. Now add the fried almonds, raisins, pistachios, cashew nuts. 

Serve hot, enjoy the taste.