Friday, September 25, 2009

Tomato Halwa

Ingredients:
Tomatoes 400gms
corn flour 75gms
sugar 300gms
ghee or butter 75gms
cashew nuts, roasted 25gms
almonds, roasted 25gms
cardamom powder 5gms

Directions:
Cut the tomatoes into small pieces and blend them to a fine puree. Sieve through a fine cloth and separate from the pulp.
To the tomato puree, add 1 glass of water and corn flour. Mix well and set aside.
Mix sugar along with 1 cup of water and bring to a boil for few minutes.
While boiling, add tomato mixture to the sugar syrup and mix well until the mixture thickens.
Now, add ghee and stir for few minutes until it mixes well.
Later, add cashew nuts, almonds, cardamom powder and mix well.
Pour the mixture over a greased plate and set aside until it gets cooled. When cooled, cut into diamond shaped pieces.

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