Apricot halwa/qubani ka meetha

Name: Apricot halwa/qubani ka meetha
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 3 cups Dried Apricot, Stuffed Loose; 21/2 cups of Sugar; 1/2 Cup Badam; 6-8 pods of Cardamom; 1/2 cup Ghee/Clarified Butter; Pinch of Pachai Karpooram or Cinnamomum Camphora or Edible Camphor

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Dessert

Very Easy

40 min

Ingredients

3 cups Dried Apricot, Stuffed Loose
21/2 cups of Sugar
1/2 Cup Badam
6-8 pods of Cardamom
1/2 cup Ghee/Clarified Butter
Pinch of Pachai Karpooram or Cinnamomum Camphora or Edible Camphor

Preparation

Preparation15 min

Cook time25 min

Soak Apricots in Water, Water level should be to just immerse them. Leave it for 24 hours.
By this time, the apricots would have absorbed all the water and be very soggy. Grind it to a paste with whatever water remaining the bowl in which it was soaked. Keep aside.
Take sugar in a heavy-bottom pan and add water just to immerse the sugar, Let it boil and syrup reach single-thread consistency or otherwise "kambhi paagu".
When you touch the sugar syrup and stretch it between your thumb and index finger you should get a single thread of Sugar syrup.
In this mean time, Roast the almonds in Ghee and break it coarsely. Once the sugar syrup reaches this consistency, Mix the Grind apricot paste to the syrup and mix well.
Now Comes the little effort part, STIRRING!!!!. Keep the Flame Low, Let the Halwa get a bit thick, Add Ghee little by Little and Keep Stirring, Just Keep Stirring, Just Keep Stirring.
Add the Pachai Karpooram/Edible Camphor and Broken Almonds and Mix Well.
Once the Ghee starts separating and the halwa doesnt stick to the sides of the pan, put off the flame and transfer it to Clean Plate.