Microwave Halwa

This is famous sweet in TamilNadu. Usually my mom prepare this halwa during diwali function.She prepared this halwa in kadai.It will take 3 hour.But using microwave oven we can prepare in 1/2 hour.

Ingredient:
1 cup(250 g) Whole wheat
2 1/2 cup(625 g) Sugar
2 cup Water
15 nos Cashew nut
1/2 cup(125 g) Ghee
Cardmom powder
Red food color

Instructions:
soak wheat for 12 hours.Grind in a mixie adding 1 cup water. Strain through a seive to get a thick milk. Grind again adding 1 more cup of water and strain again. You will be left out with only the husk in the seive.take a bowl add wheat milk,sugar ,cardamom powder and ghee.set microwave oven for 30 minutes.stir every two to three minutes.

In the mean time ,heat a pan add ghee and add sliced cashew nut and roast it.after 10 minutes add these roasted cashew into the bowl.stir well again microwave it .stir every 2 min.

after 10 mins add food color and stir well.place the bowl into microwave oven.stir every 2 mins.

after 10 mins halwa is ready.grease the plate.spread this halwa into the greased plate.

after a minute slice it.

Notes:

This measurements are for microwave halwa.it varies while we make halwa in kadai.