Green Peas Halwa is a delicious dessert.
- 1 Cup Green Peas
- 1/4 Cup Ghee
- 1 Cup Milk
- 3/4 Cup sugar
- 15 Almonds
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Wash and clean the Green Peas. Add them into a blender and make a puree out of it.
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Heat ghee in a wok or a heavy bottom pan and add in the nuts into it and roast until golden brown.
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Remove the nuts from ghee and set them aside.
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Add in the Green Peas puree into the same ghee and start cooking.
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Stir them continuously. Make sure not to burn the mixture.
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Cook for 5 to 7 minutes or until the mixture is cooked completely.
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Add in milk and keep cooking until the milk evaporates.
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Add in sugar and give a quick stir.
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Addition of sugar releases water. Keep cooking until the moisture evaporates.
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cook until the mixture reaches the halwa consistency.
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Garnish with the roasted nuts. Switch off the flame.
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Halwa can either be served hot or cold.
- Either Frozen or fresh green peas can be used. I have used fresh green peas.
- If using Frozen green peas add them into hot water before making a puree.
- Any choice of nuts can be used.
Step by Step Photos on how to make Green Peas Halwa
- Wash and Clean the green Peas. Add into a blender and make a puree. It has moisture so no water required.
- Add in Ghee in to a wok. Add in Almonds or any nuts and saute them until golden brown. Remove the nuts from the ghee and set aside.
- In the same ghee add in Green Peas puree and saute for 5 to 7 minutes or until the green peas is cooked well. Add in the Milk. Keep cooking in low flame for another 5 minutes or until the milk evoporates.
- Add in sugar. Now the mixture releases some water. Keep cooking in low flame until it thickens.
- Keep cooking until it reaches halwa consistency.
- Garnish with roasted nuts and switch off the flame.
- Green Peas halwa tastes good either served hot or cold.
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