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Try delicious apple halwa for fasting when craving sweets without needing mawa.
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News18•14-10-2026, 14:57
Try delicious apple halwa for fasting when craving sweets without needing mawa.
- •During Navratri fasting, you can try apple halwa instead of making the usual sabudana kheer or makhana sweets.
- •This recipe requires sweet apples, desi ghee, sugar, cardamom powder, saffron, and dry fruits without any mawa.
- •First wash, peel, and grate the apples, then lightly roast chopped dry fruits in desi ghee.
- •Cook the grated apples in ghee until soft, then mix in sugar, saffron water, cardamom powder, and roasted dry fruits until thick.
Key Questions Answered
To make apple halwa, you need 3-4 large sweet apples, 2-3 tablespoons of desi ghee, half a cup of sugar, half a teaspoon of cardamom powder, 8-10 saffron strands, 1 tablespoon of warm milk or water, 2 tablespoons of chopped dry fruits, and 1 tablespoon of raisins.
First, wash, peel, and grate the apples. Heat a spoon of desi ghee in a pan, add the grated apples, and cook on medium flame for about 7-8 minutes while stirring until the water dries up and the apples become soft.
No, making apple halwa does not require mawa or condensed milk. The sweet is simply prepared by cooking grated apples in desi ghee and mixing them with sugar, cardamom, and dry fruits.
