Tirunelveli Halwa Recipe (Godumai Halwa Recipe)
Tirunelveli Halwa Recipe, also known as Godhumai halwa, wheat halwa is one of the popular halwa recipe from Tirunelveli. It is made using wheat, sugar and ghee which comes together to a glassy textured halwa.
Ingredients
For Making Wheat Milk
- 1 cup Samba Wheat Rava (Broken Wheat)
- 2 cups Water
For Caramelising Sugar
- ½ cup Granulated Sugar
For Halwa
- 2½ cups Granulated Sugar
- 1 cup Water
- 1½ cup Ghee
For adding in end
- ½ cup Cashews chopped
Instructions
- Soak wheat rava in water for 1 hour. Strain and take it in a blender, puree till smooth. Now strain this through a sieve and extract as much milk as possible.
- Take this milk in a bowl. Now set this milk aside for 30 minutes to 1 hour undisturbed. You will see water collected on top. Now discard the top liquid. Add 2 cups of water to the milk and mix well.
- Take ½ cup sugar in a pot in which you are making halwa. Now cook the ½ cup sugar till dark caramel is achieved.
- Reduce the flame to low. Now add in 21/2 cup sugar and 1 cup of water into the caramel and mix well. It will get hard at first, then as you mix it will melt and become like a liquid.
- Pour the wheat milk to this and mix well. Keep cooking till it gets thick. At this point start adding ghee a spoonful at a time. Mix well.
- Keep cooking till ghee separates. It will take around 45 mins to 1 hour. Add ghee little at a time and continue cooking. You will see the halwa leaving the sides of the pan. Add in cashews and mix well.
- Serve.
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Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Tirunelveli Halwa Recipe (Godumai Halwa Recipe)
Serving Size
1 servings
Amount per Serving
Calories
712
% Daily Value*
Fat
38
g
58
%
Saturated Fat
22
g
138
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
2
g
Monounsaturated Fat
12
g
Cholesterol
86
mg
29
%
Sodium
7
mg
0
%
Potassium
55
mg
2
%
Carbohydrates
95
g
32
%
Fiber
4
g
17
%
Sugar
75
g
83
%
Protein
5
g
10
%
Vitamin C
0.04
mg
0
%
Calcium
18
mg
2
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.