Karachi Halwa Recipes

Also called 'Bombay halwa' or 'corn halwa' — a jewel-coloured, chewy, translucent confection of cornflour, sugar, and ghee. Not remotely like gajar ka halwa. This is halwa as a candy, not a pudding. Karachi's most distinctive sweet.

Also called 'Bombay halwa' or 'corn halwa' — a jewel-coloured, chewy, translucent confection of cornflour, sugar, and ghee. Not remotely like gajar ka halwa. This is halwa as a candy, not a pudding. Karachi's most distinctive sweet.

Karachi Halwa (Cornflour Halwa / Bombay Halwa)

Karachi Halwa (Cornflour Halwa / Bombay Halwa)

Sindh

A jewel-bright, translucent, gloriously chewy halwa made from cornflour, sugar, and an extravagant amount of ghee — cooked in one pot with relentless stirring until it transforms into a bouncy, glistening confection the colour of liquid amber or emerald. Set in a greased tray, cut into diamonds, and decorated with pistachios, it looks like something from a confectionery museum. It is also utterly, devastatingly delicious.

1h hard

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