Chhuhara ka Halwa, Dry Dates Halwa Recipe

Chhuhara are dried dates used to keep the fruit edible for a longer time. The health benefits of dates or chhuhara are well known, but their taste are also great and can be used to make a lot of different things. Here we present how you can make Chhuhara ka halwa at home using commonly available ingredients.

Ingredients

• Chhuhara (dry dates): ½ kg
• Milk: 1 kg
• Kewra Water: a few drops
• Sugar: to taste
• Green Cardamom: 5-6
• Ghee: to taste

Method

1. Wash chhuhara, cut them with a knife and remove seeds.
2. Soak them in milk for an hour.
3. Now cook chhuraha in the same milk in which they were soaked.
4. Cook till the mixture becomes dry.
5. Grind chhuhara when they cool down.
6. Heat the ghee in a kadai.
7. Add green cardamom and roast them until they begin to crackle.
8. Add chhuhara and roast them in low heat.
9. Add sugar when roasted.
10. Cook until the water from sugar evaporates.
11. Sprinkle kewra water.
12. Chhuhara ka halwa is ready.
13. Garnish it with almond, pistachio and silver leaf.