Dates Halwa Recipe
Dates Halwa is a delicious, yummy sweet made by cooking dates with ghee, sugar & flavors. It has a deep brown color and texture that melts slowly in the mouth. This sweet is very popular during Ramzan month as it gives quick energy after fasting. It tastes mildly sweet with ghee aroma in every bite.
Servings2 cup
Ingredients
- 1 cup dates deseeded and chopped
- ⅓ cup ghee
- 2 tablespoon sugar
- ½ cup hot water
- ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder
- 1 tablespoon cashews broken
Instructions
- Deseed dates if you have seeds. Chop it roughly, measure 1 cup and transfer to a bowl.
- Add hot water, set aside for 30mins, keep covered. Make sure the dates is soaked fully in water.
- Now it must have become soft. Now transfer it to a mixer jar and grind it to a fine paste.
- Take the dates puree in a thick bottomed kadai. Add sugar.
- Keep cooking till it starts to change to dark color and becomes slightly thick. At this stage start adding ghee.
- Add 1 or 2 teaspoon ghee at a time. Add ghee little by little and keep cooking.
- Keep cooking in low flame and add ghee at intervals and when the halwa starts to stick. The halwa will absorb the ghee.
- At one stage it will stop absorbing and will let out ghee at the edges as you can see. Add cardamom powder. The halwa will start to form a ball like and will start to leave ghee.
- Add a teaspoon of ghee and fry cashews till golden brown.
- Add it to the halwa. Give a quick stir and switch off. Enjoy Dates Halwa!
Notes
- Soaking properly – I usually soak the dates in hot water for at least thirty minutes. If dates are hard, soak little more time so grinding becomes easy and smooth.
- Thick bottomed pan – I used a heavy kadai to avoid burning. Also it avoids halwa sticking to the pan.
- Ghee – I just add ghee little by little while cooking. This helps the halwa absorb properly and gives glossy finish.
- Cooking – Always cook in low flame and stir often. High flame may burn the halwa at bottom without you noticing.
- Consistency – When halwa starts leaving ghee at the edges and forms like a soft ball, it is ready.
Nutrition Facts
Dates Halwa Recipe
Amount Per Serving (75 g)
Calories 545
Calories from Fat 288
% Daily Value*
Fat 32g49%
Saturated Fat 19g119%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 10g
Cholesterol 77mg26%
Sodium 6mg0%
Potassium 518mg15%
Carbohydrates 69g23%
Fiber 6g25%
Sugar 59g66%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 7IU0%
Vitamin C 0.4mg0%
Calcium 33mg3%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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