Matar ka Halwa

Ingredients list for Matar ka Halwa

• 1 cup Fresh Green Peas boiled and coarsely ground
• 7-8 Tender Green Pea Shells
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 tablespoon Ghee
• 1 tablespoon Almonds finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon Cashewnuts finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon Pistachios finely chopped
• 2 tablespoon Gram flour (besan)
• 1/2 teaspoon Green cardamom powder
• 1/2 cup khoya / mawa grated

Method

1. Cook sugar and 1 cup water in a non-stick pan to make sugar syrup.
2. Remove strings of the pea shells, roughly chop and add to the sugar syrup.
3. Heat ghee in another non-stick pan. Add almonds, cashewnuts and pistachios and sauté for 1-2 minutes.
4. Add gram flour and sauté for 1-1½ minutes. Add green peas and sauté on low heat for 4-5 minutes.
5. Add green cardamom powder and mix well.
6. Add khoya and sauté for 1-2 minutes. Add sugar syrup along with the shells and mix well. Cook for 3-4 minutes and switch off the heat.
7. Transfer into a serving bowl and serve hot.

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