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Today's recipe is samak rice katli.
It is also known as sweet halwa.
Although, it is Navratri fasting recipe,
you will love to prepare it
whenever you crave sweets.
Let's start preparing it.
Take 1/2 cup samak rice,
they are very fine.
It is know as mordhan, samvat,
or samak rice.
They are popular with different names.
We soaked them for 1 hour.
And drain out the extra water.
First, we will finely blend them.
Keep it in a blender.
Add enough water.
We have prepared a fine paste.
Heat a pan.
Use a non-stick pan for making halwa.
Add 2 tbsp of ghee.
Keep the flame low.
Pour the paste in the pan.
Start stirring once you poured the paste.
As it will start to thicken.
Now, add water.
We have added 1 cup of water (now & before).
Mix well on low flame.
Keeping the flame high while mixing
will make it hard to dissolve
all the lumps properly.
If you are unable to dissolve all the lumps.
Then, you can blend the mixture again.
After that cook it again.
We've already added 1 cup of water.
We will add 1 more cup of water.
We are cooking the mixture
on low medium gas.
While stirring it continuously.
It has started to thicken.
Be careful and stir the mixture properly.
Keep the flame either low or
low medium.
The halwa has thickened.
We have cooked it for 5 minutes.
Now, we will add a 1/2 cup of sugar.
or add sugar as per your taste.
Cook halwa while stirring it continuously.
Keep the flame low medium.
After thickening,
cook the halwa for 10-12 minutes
like this, while stirring it continously.
If it’s thickening too much,
then you can add 2-3 tbsp water.
Then cook it again.
We have cooked it for 8 minutes.
Add 3 to 4 finely chopped cashews.
Coarsely crush- 4 cardamoms.
Mix and cook it for 3- 4 minutes.
Halwa has attained the desired consistency.
We have cooked it for 12 minutes.
See it is not sticking to the pan
and has a prefect aroma.
Halwa is ready.
We will dry it in sweet shape.
Take a tray and
grease it with ghee.
Put the halwa on the tray.
Spread it evenly.
You can spread the halwa evenly
with a ghee spoon.
Garnish it with finely chopped almonds.
Press the almonds with a spoon
to fix them on halwa.
Leave it to consolidate.
[After 1/2 hour]
Halwa is set now.
Now, cut it into pieces.
Samak rice halwa is ready now.
You will love this halwa for fasting.
Once you're done preparing,
you can store this halwa for 3 days.
And Enjoy it!
Little things to take care,
When you add the paste to the pan.
Turn the flame low,
make sure the pan is not too hot.
Or you can turn off the stove.
After thickening, cook it for
10 to 12 minutes.
If you think that the halwa is
thickening too much
then you can add 2-3 tbsp of water.
Cook it while stirring.
Prepare this halwa and
have it.
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