Karachi Halwa | Corn Flour Halwa | Diwali Sweet Recipes

Corn flour halwa: a easy sweet recipe made with very less ingredients.Preparing for a festival mean- sweets and it plays a most important role.Yes !! no Diwali,birthday,navrathri,vinayaga chathurthi is without sweets.I prefer doing bread halwa or kashi halwa for diwali - one of the most easiest for me.(I never made shapes out of any halwa,this is the first time).

Carrot Halwa Recipe | Gajar Halwa | Indian Sweet Recipes

     Carrot Halwa or Gajar Halwa a quick Indian dessert .Carrot is called "gajar" in Hindi that's why this halwa is called gajar ka halwa.Halwa is one of the quickest sweet that doesn't require any fancy ingredients.Like this carrot halwa ,made with milk,sugar and carrots as the main ingredients.

Bread Halwa Recipe | Diwali Recipes | Guest Post

Hello readers/friends Yet another guest post.
     Blogging... is really wonderful ,how fortunate i am, to be in this blogging world.I got to learn new things,got new friends,share my thoughts through my post, Apart from that it is so wonderful to make something new (food),when its turn out super delicious there is no word for it?Seriously you along with your dearies can enjoy  new cuisine,variety everyday.Now a days i don't feel like going to restaturants and hotels.

2015 Special|Kashi Halwa|Ash Gourd Halwa

    A sweet end to the year 2014 that started with karupatti paniyaram.A sweet start to the year 2015 with this kashi halwa ...I am sure this coming year will bring all the joy and all the goodness you want.I will post recipes with very good pictures,my new year resolution.What is your resolution for the new year?
      Lets get started with Kashi halwa Its a very popular dessert served in udupi-konkani marriages,recently i saw this recipe in samayal samayal when chef venkatesh bhat told he learned the recipe from chettinad palace.

Different names of ash gourd:
      Ash gourd is called by so many different names, for those who browse by the names "vellai poosani" in Tamil,"elavan or kumbalanga in Malayalam" ,"kumbalakkai" in kannada,"boodha gummidikkai" in Telugu.Don't guess this halwa is made only in kashi a city in benaras. kashi phal -in Hindi means ash gourd so this halwa is called kashi halwa.

Medicinal Benefits of ash gourd:
       Kashi phal has got 95 percent water content and high calcium content .Ash gourd is good for weight loss and it helps to maintain blood pressure as well.
What all  you can make with kashi phal:
         You can make arachuvitta sambhar, regular sambhar,moru curry or kootu with kashi phal..apart
from making this wonderful kashi halwa.
How to choose Pumpkin for kashi halwa:
             Ash gourd has to be heavy and also it should not be soft .that means its mature and its good for making halwa.If its soft there is a chance that you get very less ash gourd after filtering the water or it may get mushy while cooking.Texture of the halwa is very important..

Wheatflour and Jaggery Halwa/Gud Aur Atta ke Halwa

Sweets are famous all over North India they are made of sugar where as in Southern India sweets are mostly made with jaggery in the form of payasam/kheer. In North India the staple food is wheat flour whereas in south India the staple food is rice and rice flour. Accordingly you can find variety of foods made with rice/rice flour in Southern India whereas Northern India has many wheat flour recipes. I have never tried this wheat flour halwa before .

This is a rich and flavourful halwa it resembles the taste of ukkara made in chettinad. I made measurements  using subzi cups used in thali plates.The amount you get is more than enough for 2 servings /2 persons.If you are dieting and still want to enjoy this halwa reduce the ghee quantity to 1/2 mentioned here .

This halwa i made for a challenge from  shh cooking secretly member shailaja .She gave two secret ingredients wheat flour and jaggery then while searching the web i found divinetaste blog and found this wonderful recipe .

Cooking Time:10-12 min

Serves:2

Carrot and Apple Halwa

This past week my daughter went apple picking with her school mates. She brought home 10 apples. Half of them were rotten and she was kinda sad. To cheer her up I made Carrot and Apple Halwa. She loves desserts and she was so happy that I made this for her. I saw this in kamala's recipes.I tweaked little and Here is the product.

Preparation Time: 5 min
Cooking time: 40 min
Serves: 3