Strawberry Karachi Halwa is the classic Karachi halwa with a twist made with the exotic flavors of fresh juicy strawberries.
As the festivals are approaching, what could be better than to try a new and exciting sweet dish, a variation of classic Karachi halwa called Strawberry Karachi Halwa.
Karachi Halwa
Karachi halwa or often known as Bombay halwa is a popular sweet dish of cornflour halwa made by Punjabi Halwais who moved to Mumbai from Karachi. This melt-in-mouth cornflour halwa is considered an assorted sweet.
I remember my aunt used to bring this Karachi halwa, mostly on Rakshabandhan. Those shiny golden pieces were used to wrap in butter paper, and we kid always wanted to grab just those pieces, ignoring all other sweets from the box. That’s how delicious, Karachi Halwa is.
Strawberry Karachi Halwa
Strawberry Karachi halwa is another variation of the popular Karachi halwa with the bursting flavors of strawberries in the regular corn flour halwa. Normally, Karachi Halwa is made from corn flour, sugar, ghee, and nuts. This recipe goes a step further and utilizes fresh strawberries in the Karachi Halwa recipe with no need for food color. Imagine how heavenly, already delicious Karachi Halwa would be, bursting with flavors of fresh strawberries.
Can this halwa be made VEGAN?
Well, to be frank halwa always tastes best in ghee or clarified butter. But if you really are looking to make it Vegan, I would suggest using an odorless oil.
Ingredients needed for Strawberry Karachi Halwa
- Cornflour: The white cornflour or sometimes sold as cornstarch is used to make this halwa.
- Sugar: Plain granulated sugar.
- Water: The amount of water has to be exact.
- Ghee: Clarified butter/ghee or Oil.
- Strawberry: Fresh strawberries, washed and top removed. Make pure with hte fresh strawberries.
How to make Strawberry Karachi Halwa
The process of making strawberry Karachi halwa is very simple but it sure does needs some patience. First of all grease the baking tray with clarified butter. Make cornflour and strawberry batter with water and keep them aside. Now cook the sugar in water until it has melted. Once the sugar is melted, add cornflour batter into the sugar, stirring continuously on low heat.
Now cook the Karachi halwa on low heat, stirring continuously until it starts thickening. Once it has thickened slightly, start adding ghee in equal batches. Make sure to let the ghee absorbed by the halwa and then add the next batch.
Cook, while stirring until the halwa is transparent. Then transfer it into the prepared baking tray and let it sit for 3-4 hours at room temperature.
Once set, cut into pieces of the desired shape. Store in an airtight container, wrapped in plastic or butter paper.
Serving Suggestions and Variations
Serve the Strawberry Karachi halwa as it is or with a tall glass of Almond Milk, or with Festive thali. Make it with Kaju katli, balushahi, and besan ladoo and prepare your own assorted sweet box, this Raksha Bandhan.
Pro Tips
- Make sure to mix the cornflour with water completely, the batter should be lump free.
- While adding the cornflour mixture into the sugar, keep stirring as it tends to stick at the bottom.
- You may use any flavoring in the halwa, like rose water, cardamom or saffron.
- Do not stop stirring or else the halwa will stick at the bottom.
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Recipe Card
Strawberry Karachi Halwa
Equipment
- Saucepan
- Baking Tray
Ingredients
- 1 cup cornflour/corn starch
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup strawberry puree
- 2 tablespoon ghee
Instructions
- Grease an 8×8″ square baking tray with ghee and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl add cornflour, one cupof strawberry puree and one cup of water. Mix well to combine and make a lump free smooth batter.
- In a wok or pan add sugar and a cup of water. Let it cook until sugar is melted.
- Once sugar is melted add the cornflour batter slowly, while stirring continuously into the sugar syrup.
- Cook on low heat, stirring continuously until the cornflour starts thickening.
- As the cornflour starts thickening, add a tablespoon of ghee and stir to mix the ghee completely with cornflour mixture.
- Repeat the same step one more time and in all add 2 tablespoons of ghee.
- Once the ghee is absorbed by the cornflour mixture, cook on low until it becomes transparent.
- Finally transfer the halwa into the prepared baking tray.
- Let it sit for about 3-4 hours at room temperature.
- Once set, remove from the tray and cut into square pieces.
- Wrap them in baking paper sheets and store.
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How lovely to see a simple karachi halwa made with twist of fruity flavour. The strawberry karachi halwa looks so delicious Sapana.
I am book marking this to make in the strawberry season.
This is a great idea of making the karachi halwa more flavorful by adding seasonal strawberry puree… I have fallen in love with the beautiful color of the sweet
The fresh strawberry in karachi halwa is a great idea. I loved the deep red color. So yum!
The strawberry Halwa came out very well for us. I made it without the khewra, but the flavour of strawberry was tasty enough for us.
So beautiful, love the lovely pink colour of the strawberry Karachi halwa. I sometimes make kesar one for janmashtami. I think this time would love to try out your version with fresh strawberry puree. Awesome recipe and easy to make.
Lovey pink colour, I thought karachi halwa never made with fresh fruits, how beautifully use fresh strawberry in karachi halwa looks absolutely delicious..
Lovely presentation .