easy ice halwa recipe | bombay ice halwa | mumbai halwa or mahim halwa
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 24 pieces
- Category: sweet
- Cuisine: maharashtra
Ingredients
- 1½ cup milk
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ cup ghee / clarified butter
- ¼ cup corn flour
- ¼ of orange food colour
- ¼ tsp cardamom / elachi (powdered)
- 1 tbsp almonds / badam (chopped)
- 1 tbsp pistachios (chopped)
Method
- firstly, in a large kadai take 1½ cup milk, 1 cup sugar, ¼ cup corn flour and ¼ cup ghee.
- make sure to stir continuously keeping the flame and low without forming any lumps.
- after 5 minutes, the mixture starts to thicken and turns into a paste consistency.
- now add ¼ tsp of orange food colour and 1 tsp ghee.
- mix well keeping the flame on medium.
- further, add ¼ tsp cardamom powder and mix well.
- mix till the mixture turns glossy. add a tsp of more ghee if it's not turning glossy.
- transfer a ladleful of ice halwa mixture on to butter paper.
- place another sheet of greased butter paper over it and spread the mixture gently with hand.
- also using a rolling pin spread thin / thick thickness as desired.
- peel off the butter paper and sprinkle few chopped almonds and pistachios.
- allow the mixture cool for 2 hours or refrigerate for 15 minutes.
- now cut the ice halwa into squares (along with sheet) once set completely.
- finally, bombay ice halwa is ready to serve or store for a week in the refrigerator.
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.