Bread Halwa

Ingredients

Bread Slices---------------------------------------------------------5nos
Boiled and Mashed Potato------------------------------------------1 cup
Boiled and Mashed Green Gram Dal(Moong Dal)-----------------1 cup
Milk------------------------------------------------------------------500 ml
Powdered Sugar-----------------------------------------------------1 cup
Ghee------------------------------------------------------------------2 tbsp
Baadam Essence
Cashew and Raisins

Method

* Mix bread,mashed potato,mashed green gram dal and powdered sugar in a vessel.
* Cook in medium flame till the mixture thickens.
* Stir Continuously.
* Add Ghee,Cashew,Raisins and few drops of essense and stir until it rolls to halwa consistency.

Kaju Katli (Cashew Sweet)

Ingredients
Cashew 200 gms
Sugar 200 gms
Water 3/4 cup
Cardamon powder(Elaichi) for flavour
Ghee for greasing

Method

• Grind Cashew to powder.
• Mix powdered cashew,sugar and water in a kadai.
• Heat in slow to medium flavour and stir well.
• When the mixture thickens add powdered cardamom and remove from fire.
• Pour the mixture into a greased tray(use ghee for greasing).
• Cut into pieces and serve.

Tips

While grinding cashew in a mixer, do not grind it continuously. Grind it in intervals..

Lemon Flavour

In case, if the recipe needs lemon flavour to be added to the dish, add lemon drops towards the end of the cooking process and remove the dish from heat shortly after mixing. Do not heat it for a long time which may change the taste.

Cooking Measurements

1 teaspoon(tsp) = 5 gm
1 tablespoon = 15 gm
1 tablespoon(tbsp) = 3 tsp
1 Cup = 16 tbsp
1 Cup = 8 ounce
1 Cup = 250 ml
1 pint = 2 cups
1 quart = 4 cups
1 gallon = 16 cups
1 oz = 28 gm
1 pound = 454 gm
1 cup Flour = 141.5 gm
1 cup Sugar = 216.4 gm
1 cup Rice = 224.5 gm
1 cup Milk = 252.5 gm

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