This corn flour halwa is also called as Karachi halwa. Traditional this halwa is available mostly in red, orange and yellow in colour. I have also seen green colored corn flour halwa. I have tried this recipe many times with many colours. Feel free to add any colour of your choice.
Preparation Time: <5 minutes
Cooking Time: 20-30 minutes
Idle Time: 1 -2 hours
Serves: 6
Corn flour - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1 and 1/2 cups
Water - 2 and 1/2 cups
Ghee - 3 tablespoons
Cashew nuts - 1/4 cups, roughly chopped
Cardamom powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Food colour - a big pinch or as required
1) In a frying pan, add 1/2 tablespoon of ghee and fry the roughly chopped cashew nuts. Transfer it to a plate and keep it aside.

3) In a mixing bowl, mix corn flour, food colour and 1 and 1/2 cup of water. Stir well till you don't see any lumps. Keep aside.

5) Now, stir the cornflour water mixture once before adding it to the sugar syrup. Stir continuously to avoid lumps while adding.

7) When it turns thick, add remaining 2 tablespoons of ghee and continue stirring till the mixture becomes glossy. It would try to flow out from the sides of the pan.

9) Transfer this to a ghee coated plate.

1) Instead of cashews, you can add pumpkin seeds, cucumber seeds and almonds to this halwa.
2) Use any food colour of your choice. Traditional Karachi halwa are available mostly in red, yellow and orange colours.
25 comments:
What an amazing n tempting halwa...
I've made this few weeks before, still I love to have a bite, neatly prepared and presented, loved the plate.
Beautifully done halwa Uma, love the pink color too ;) love your clicks.
Love the glossy texture of the halwa,looks so tempting!!
What a texture n the background of ur picture... Wow... Everything is superb
nice colored halwa.. tempting
Delicious halwa..but the color is so different to me! :)
looks fabulous lovely colour
That's a tempting halwa.. So easy to make.. Ur pics make me drool !!
love the color..looks so tempting..nice presentation..stunning clicks
wow this glossy halwa looks splendid dear and ur beautiful clicks made it look too yummy....very apppealing
Beautiful pink color. Looks glossy and delicious
Pink is a beautiful color :) looking yummy
wow in love with this pink karachi halwa :) looks so beautiful and delicious dear :)
cute and lovely pinky halwa...ur pic makes me drool...
Superb uma
they look incredibly tempting
such a lovely color n lovely presentation
They look so pretty and delicious. Awesome pictures as always!!
Can I use yellow corn flour uma??
@Kathy, No . Please use White Corn starch/flour which is smooth like talcum powder.
Thanks for posting sweet yummy recipe
Thanks for posting sweet yummy recipe
Hi, halwa looks so yummy. planning to make it soon. btw, i have a doubt, have you used corn flour or corn starch. The corn flour i bought from the store is yellow in color, and i'm a bit confused. Hope you'll clear my doubt. Thanks in advance...:)
Hi Kuttygayu,
Yellow colour one is corn meal. Corn starch would be in white colour and texture is like talcum powder. Hope this helps.
-Uma
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