Wheat halwa with caramel

Wheat halwa with caramel 

Ingredients :

Wheat : 2 cups

Sugar : 5 cups 

Water : 4 cups

Ghee : 1 cup

Melon seeds : 2 tblsp 

Chopped cashew nuts : 2 tblsp 

Cardamom powder : 2 tsp

Procedure :

Day 1: Clean the wheat , wash it and soak it in water for 24 hours. Change the water once in between.

Day 2: Next day wash the wheat thoroughly in water and grind them to a fine paste. 

Pass it through a strainer and extract the juice. Then add more water to the ground wheat and extract it's juice for 2 more times. Let the juice rest for a day and allow it to settle the precipitate. 

Day 3: Next day discard the floating liquid by decantation and add fresh water to it and give it a stir; let it precipitate through another day. 

Day 4 : Next day discard the floating water again and add 1 cup fresh water and mix it well. 

In a heavy bottom pan take 1 cup sugar and 1 tblsp water and caramelize it till golden brown. Then add the remaining sugar and 1 cup hot water and let it cook till the sugar dissolves completely.

Once it is dissolved add the remaining 2 cups of water and cook till you get the one string consistency. Then pour in the fermented wheat extract and keep stirring. 

Add 1 tblsp ghee and continue stirring on a medium to low heat. 

Keep adding 1 tblsp ghee at a time in between as the halwa progresses.

Finally when it stops bubbling and start leaving the sides take a small quantity on a plate, allow it to cool, then check if it becomes firm. If so, add the seeds, nuts and cardamom powder and mix well.

Then transfer it into a tray and allow it to cool down. Once it is set you can cut it into desired pieces. 

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