വായിലിട്ടാൽ അലിഞ്ഞു പോകുന്ന ഹൽവ ||Gothambu Halwa||Wheat Halwa

Ingredients:
Wheat flour – 2 cups / 250g
Coconut milk – 6 cups / Of 1½ big coconut
Jaggery – ½ kg
Oil – 10 tbsp
Ghee – 10 tbsp
Crushed cardamom – As per taste
Cashew nuts – 2 handfuls

Steps:
Add 6 cups of water to 6 cups of coconut milk.
Add wheat flour and mix well without lumps. Set aside.

Melt jaggery in 1 cup water. Switch off and strain the jaggery syrup, if it has any impurities.

Add jaggery syrup and wheat flour – coconut milk mixture to a heavy bottomed pan.
Mix well. Turn on the stove.
Stir continuously till it starts to thicken slightly.
Reduce the flame to low and add 3 tbsp of ghee.
Keep stirring on medium flame.
(At around 40 minutes) Once it starts to bubble up and thicken further, reduce the flame to low and add 3 tbsp of oil.
Keep stirring on medium flame.
(At around 1 hour) When it thickens further, reduce the flame to low and add 3 tbsp of ghee.
Keep stirring on medium flame.
(At around 1¼ hours) When the color starts to turn dark, reduce the flame to low and add 4 tbsp of oil.
Keep stirring on medium flame.
When it thickens further, add 4 tbsp ghee and keep stirring.
Add 3 tbsp of oil.
When it starts to leave sides, add two pinches of salt and crushed cardamom.
When the oil starts to separate and rotates as one single piece on stirring, reduce the flame to low.

On another pan, heat ghee and roast cashews till golden.
Add this to the halwa and stir.
Switch off and transfer to a dish.
Level the surface with a spatula.
Remove the excess ghee/oil, if any.
Let it cool completely.

Run a knife along the edges and unmold.
Enjoy the wheat halwa!

Notes:
– You can substitute sugar for jaggery.
– It tastes better the next day.

Try these halwa recipes also:
Black Halwa with rice flour – http://y2u.be/63CsL03RCfc
Dates Halwa – http://y2u.be/YuF_tfV8vHY
Kumbalanga Halwa – http://y2u.be/XsaiAMutSYE
Mango Halwa – http://y2u.be/HdhqhO6h0s0
Banana Halwa – http://y2u.be/my6tiW0LsLs
Karachi Halwa – http://y2u.be/axrzKr57rfo
Thirunelveli Halwa – http://y2u.be/adH2xhWy2tM

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