6 Best Winter Special Sweets/Halwa Recipe | Best Pakistani Halwa Recipes For Winters

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: jaggery

Honey is a natural sweetener, while jaggery is often cheaper and adds a unique flavor.

ghee

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Coconut oil is healthier, while vegetable oil is more budget-friendly.

Add 1 cup water to a pot.

Add 2 cups sugar and mix until dissolved for 3-4 minutes.

Remove the skins from the cardamom pods and discard them.

Add 1/2 teaspoon rose essence to the mixture.

In a large kadhai, heat 1 cup ghee.

Add 4 cups of fine semolina to the ghee and roast on low-medium flame for about 25 minutes until light golden brown.

Once roasted, add the sugar syrup mixture to the semolina and mix well.

Cook for another 10 minutes on low-medium flame, then increase to high flame to dry out the mixture.

Add nuts, raisins, and grated coconut to the mixture and mix well.

Press the mixture into a greased tray and let it set for 2.5 hours.

Cut into diamond shapes while still warm.

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