Poppy Seeds Halva

Hello friends, I'm back........I know it was a long break. I was occupied by some other thing so I wasn’t able to concentrate on my blog. I missed the enjoyment of reading the comments and lot of new and mouth watering recipes from my fellow bloggers. I tried to post few times, but was not able to. I was a bit lazy too. Finally I decided to post a recipe today. I came back with a dessert. I hope not many of you know about Kasakasa(Poppy seeds) halva, this is one of my and my hubby’s favorite desserts. Lets start ….

Ingredients:

Poppy Seeds – 3/4 cup
Sugar - 10 Tbsp
Water - ½ cup
Milk – 3/4 cup
Butter - 1/3 cup
Cashew nuts - *
Raisins - *

Directions:

Soak the poppy seeds for 15 hours. Drain the water and grind the poppy seeds with milk to a paste (not so smooth), set aside the paste. Boil water and add the sugar to make syrup. Once the syrup is ready, add the poppy seeds paste, butter and stir continuously so that it does not get burnt and until it does not smell raw. When the oil shows up on sides of the pan and it turns into halva consistency then it is time to remove it from heat and garnish it with the fried cashews and raisins. This can be stored on fridge for a good 2 weeks and you can serve cold or warm.