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APRICOT HALWA Recipe
Ingredients:
• 150 grams dried apricots;
• 300 grams sugar,
• 1 litter milk;
• 25 grams each of blanched almonds and chopped cashewnuts;
• ½ tsp. Cardamom powder;
• halved glace cherries.
Method:
1. Soak the apricots after removing the seeds for 1 hour.
2. Boil in ½ cup water till soft.
3. Mash and mix with the cardamoms and 200 grams sugar and cook till thick
and sticky.
4. Put the remaining milk on fire along with sugar and cook till the milk
turns thick and leaves the sides of the vessel.
5. Add cashewnuts and a few drops of saffron essence.
6. In a glass bowl put first a layer of apricots and on top a layer of
milk.
7. Decorate with almonds and cherries.
8. Serve cold.
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