Karachi Halwa Ii - cooking recipe

Ingredients

500 g caster sugar
115 g arrowroot
3 -5 drops yellow food coloring
2 teaspoons lime juice
ghee, as required
60 g almonds
30 pistachios

Preparation

Dissolve the sugar in 3 cups of water.
Stir and boil for 5 minutes.
Strain through a sieve lined with muslin cloth.
Mix arrowroot powder with 1.
5 cups cold water to make a thin paste.
Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture turns into one lump-less lump!
Add lime juice.
Stir away!
Gradually add the sugar syrup.
When the mixture sticks to the base of the pan, add 1 tablespoons.
ghee.
Repeat this step until the mixture becomes a lump again!
Fold in the nuts.
Pour into a greased pan.
Smooth down with a greased spoon.
Allow to cool.
Cut into squares and serve.
Store refrigerated for upto 4 days.