Kozhikodan Pista Halwa / Green Halwa

This is a very simplified version of the famous halwa. It has the same taste as the store bought halwa but is softer
and the recipe is very simple too.

Ingredients
1.5 Cup all purpose flour
4 cups of water
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup Coconut oil (Substitute with vegetable oil)
few drops of green food color
1/4 cup Pista, lightly crushed
2-3 cardamom,crushed
Preparation
Mix all purpose flour with water to make a thin batter(Looks like milk,little bit thicker though). Add
food color. Heat this mixture in a thick bottomed vessel with continued stirring. Add sugar, when the

mixture thickens. Continue stirring. When the mixture thickens again, add the cardamom powder,
pista and start adding the oil, 1 tbsp at a time,continue stirring until halwa separate from the vessel,
add more oil if required. Transfer to a greased pan and cut into pieces after cooling down.
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