easy custard powder halwa recipe | how to prepare custard halwa
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 5 minutes
- Total time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 6 Servings
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup custard powder (vanilla flavoured (or any flavour of your choice))
- 1 cup water
- 2 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- 1 tbsp saffron water / kesar water
- 5 cashew (chopped)
Method
- firstly, in a large bowl take 1 cup sugar and ½ cup custard powder.
- add in 1 cup water and whisk well.
- make sure there are no lumps and sugar dissolved completely. keep aside.
- now heat 2 tbsp ghee in a large kadai and roast 5 chopped cashews.
- now pour prepared sugar-custard mixture stirring continuously, keeping flame on low else lumps might form.
- also pour 1 tbsp of kesar water / saffron water.
- stir continuously till the mixture thickens and starts to separate from pan.
- further, stir till the mixture turns glossy and translucent.
- transfer the custard halwa into small bowl or into greased tray like prepared in corn flour halwa.
- rest for 30 minutes or till it cools slightly.
- finally, unmould onto a plate and serve custard powder halwa recipe garnished with cashew.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.