Ingredients

• 1/2 cup - almond
• 1/2 cup - cashew nuts
• 1 cup - ghee
• 1/4 tsp - yellow food color
• 1 cup - sugar or adjust to your taste

How to Make Almond Cashew Halwa

• Soak almonds overnight and remove skin.
• With a little water, grind almonds to a fine paste. Keep aside.
• Dry roast cashews till golden brown.
• Cool and then finely powder. Keep aside.
• In a pan, prepare sugar syrup with one cup of water for one cup of sugar.
• Once the sugar syrup attains single string consistency, add yellow food colour, almond paste followed by cashew powder.
• Turn it to medium flame. Stir continuously to avoid lumps.
• After a few minutes, add ghee a little by little while stirring.
• When the halwa leaves the sides of the pan, switch off the stove.
• When warm, place one tbsp of halwa in a small rectangular cut butter paper. Fold the paper.
• You can either serve halwa in a folded butter paper or as such.
• Recipe courtesy: Nithu's Kitchen
• http://www.nithubala.com/