Almond Sweets Halwa

Everyone celebrating Eid, have a blessed Eid 
عيد مبارك 
2 tbsp ghee
1/2 cup fine semolina
1 cup ground almonds
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 tsp nutmeg*
1 1/3 cups milk
sliced almonds, raisins, cranberries optional for decoration

In a pan melt butter over medium heat then stir semolina and cook stirring until it turns golden and has a wonderful aroma for about 3 to 4 minutes.
Add the ground almonds, sugar and nutmeg and mix well. Then add milk 1/4 cup at a time and stir into the mixture. Mixture will thicken and pull away from the side of the saucepan then remove it from heat. Quickly spread the mixture evenly onto a buttered dish or pan. Press the optional sliced almonds, raisins or cranberries and cut into squares or diamonds. Refrigerate it for about an hour before removing from the dish and serving. This sweet can be placed in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 3 days. 
*nutmeg can be replaced with 1/2 tsp ground cardamom. 
The recipe for this Almond Halwa is slightly adapted from the Easy Indian cooking book by Suneeta Vaswani.

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23 comments:

  1. That's an awesomely rich halwa...wishing u Eid Mubarak... :)

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  2. I have never made or had halwa...these look so inviting!

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  3. Simple to prepare and delicious looking halwas.
    deepa

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  4. Hope you had a wonderful Eid celebration. Almond halwa looks delicious, perfect the celebration.

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  5. They need to make it to my belly!!

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  6. Your halwa looks delicious! Happy Holidays!

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  7. Absolutely mouth watery halwa. Perfect and delicious.

    today's post:
    http://sanolisrecipies.blogspot.in/2013/08/vanilla-chocolate-chips-rose-cupcakes.html

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  8. Lovely recipe.... I only use semolina for making uppma... now I have another recipe. :)

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  9. Ahh, looks very interesting.. Yummy one !

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  10. looks fantastic..healthy dish..love it

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  11. Que ricos esos bizcochitos de almendra, voy a tomar nota de la receta, porque tienen un aspecto estupendo, besos
    Sofía

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  12. This looks delicious. I hope you had a wonderful Eid. I would like to invite you to my Virtual Eid Potluck Party....this would be a great dish to bring along.

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  13. everyones fav....costs a whooping 500 plus for a kil...gud one tasty

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  14. all time fav halwa...you have wonderfully done and presented

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  15. mmm... yummy.. my favorite sweet.

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  16. Droolworthy halwa, they came out super prefect and delicious.

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  17. I've never had Halwa, looks delicious!

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  18. Delicious halwa.. Just drooling ..

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  19. this reminds me of childhood Eid memories. love a halwa with ghee! yummyy

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  20. Thank you for the recipe .looks yummy!!!
    All types of Halva are delicious. This one is wonderful, definitely I can't wait until next Eid.

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  21. wow this looks amazing mashallah. I'm gonna make this on Eid inshaAllah!!

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