Sunday, December 14, 2025
ADVT 
Food

Fig And Walnut Halwa

By chef Gautam Mehrishi, 12 Apr, 2021
  • Fig And Walnut Halwa

 

Ingredients

  • 1000 gms crushed walnuts
  • 300 gms cashew powder
  • 300 gms anjeer (figs), chopped
  • 400 gms white mawa
  • 1000 gms ghee
  • 25 gmselachi powder
  • 400 gms sugar
  • Pista slivers for garnish
  • Almond slivers for garnish

 

Preparation

  • Heat ghee, add cashewnut powder and crushed walnut and cook until light brown. Then add chopped anjeer. Once all three nuts are incorporated, add the grated mawa and cook for 10 minutes.                                                               
  • Add sugar syrup gradually to the nuts mixture. Finish with cardamom powder. Garnish with pista and almond slivers.

 

MORE Food ARTICLES

Chef Bal Arneson’s Warm Beet and Paneer Salad

My dear friend Paul had never tasted Indian food until he met me. He now loves paneer, and loves this salad. When I showed him how to make this Indian cheese from scratch,

‘Chef Abhishek Roy’s ‘P3 Salad – Papaya, Pomegranate and Peanut’ Recipe

Ingredients

One medium-size green papaya, thinly sliced
Roasted peanuts – one hand full

Chef Abhishek Roy’s Local Quail Roast with Lemon Leaves Marinade

Ingredients
4 whole quail
¼ cup yogurt
7 to 8 fresh lemon leaves
¼ tsp paprika powder

Taste of kerala – Olan a Coconut based Curry recipe

INGREDIENTS

3 cups black-eyed beans

1 cup cubed winter melon

Taste of kerala -Thoran

PREPARATION

1. Steam the chopped string beans until tender. (Or soak and boil black chick peas) Set it aside.

MasterChef Pankaj Bhadouria’s Diwali Recipes

India’s ‘MasterChef’ and charismatic host Pankaj Bhadouria shares delightful & quintessential Diwali recipes with Darpan’s readers