Friday 25 April 2014

pistchio halwa

OPOS PISTACHIO HALWA

Ingredients needed

1-100gms of Pistachio

2-100gms of Sugar

3.100gms of Ghee

4.200 ml of  Milk.

5-A pinch of Apple green food colour

6-1/4 tsp of Pistchio essence

Method: Soak the pistachio in water for 1 hour and peel it and remove the skin.Put these pistachio along with milk inside the Pressure cooker and grind it with a Stick blender into a coarse and grainy paste.Then add the Sugar and the Ghee, along with the apple green colour, pistachio essence and, mix all with a spoon, put the lid of the pressure cooker along with the weight on it.Put the Pressure cooker in the Gas stove and let the flame be the lowest.Let it cook for 25 mts, and not more than it, you wont get any whistles after which switch of the flame after 25 mts, if you cook for more than 25 mts, the bottom will get burnt and now allow the pressure to rest till the pressure gets released on its own.Now open and enjoy.

 

Note: Be carefull when preparing Pistachio Halwa it gets cooked soon than Badam, be sniffing at the vapour coming out of Pressure cooker,if you suspect a burnt smell immediately switch of the stove.

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