Mango Halwa

Step by step procedure to prepare Mango Halwa. Here you can see very clear procedure, easy steps and very minimal ingredients to prepare a sweet recipe, Mango Halwa. No artificial essence used but just mango fresh juice.

                  Mango Halwa is really a mouth-watering dessert. When I prepared it first time, it was a super hit. Very soft, smooth, chewy and it carries the original taste and colour of mango and it just tempting. Though it is time consuming, you will end up feeling satisfied of serving a home made dessert to your family and to yourself. Now we will see the detailed procedure to prepare Mango Halwa.     

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Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 1 hr
Serves: 35 pieces
Category: Dessert/Sweet
Recipe by Vidhya

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Ingredients

Mango juice fresh - 1 1/4 cup

All purpose flour/Maidha - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1 1/4 cup
Powdered cardamom - 1 spoon
Cashew - 15 pieces, broken
Almond/Badam - 15 pieces, broken
Ghee - 1/4 cup + 4 table spoon

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Method

• I blended 2 mangoes and it yielded 1 1/4 cup of mango juice.
• Take a bowl, add mango juice and add 1/2 cup of maidha/all purpose flour to it. Mix it nicely with no lumps of maidha.
  
• Now take a thick bottomed kadai, add 1/4 cup of ghee. When it becomes hot add the mixture of mango juice and maidha.
  
  
• Mix it nicely, when it starts boiling add 1 1/4 cup of sugar and mix it well.
  
  
• Allow it to cook and stir it every 2-3 min. Add ghee in between. I added 4 table spoon of ghee. Cook in medium heat.
  
• Now you need a real patience, as it may take 40-45 min roughly to get the right halwa consistency.  Again continue cooking in medium heat. When the halwa starts leaving the pan i.e. when halwa no longer sticks to the kadai - add powdered cardamom, broken cashews and almonds.
  
  
• Continue stirring for 10 min in medium heat. Now the halwa will leave the sides of the pan and sticks to laddle. When you trying to stir the halwa it should come out forming like a ball -  without sticking to edge of the pan. The entire process of cooking might take roughly 1 hour.
  
• Keep a serving plate ready greased with ghee. Transfer the halwa to the greased plate and spread it evenly. Leave it for an hour in the plate. When it cools down, cut them into pieces.
  
  
• Enjoy the artificial colour free but the real taste of mango, in the home made Mango Halwa.
  

Note:

• I used 1 1/4 cup of sugar. Adjust the sugar as per your taste.
• You can use any dry fruit/nuts to garnish your halwa.
• A tip, lightly grease the laddle with ghee while spreading the halwa on serving plate. It helps avoiding sticking of halwa to the laddle and gives a smooth spreading.