Desserts and Sweets Recipes - Egg Halwa

Ingredients

• 12 eggs

• 450g/1 lb sugar

• 5ml/1 tsp ground saffron

• 100g/4 oz ghee or butter

• 10ml/2 tsp ground cardamom

• 50g/2 oz raisins

• few drops of vanilla essence (extract)

• 100g/4 oz flaked almonds

• 100g/4 oz pistachios

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Method:

1. Whisk the eggs for about 10 minutes until frothy. Add the sugar and saffron and whisk for a further 5 minutes. Heat the ghee or butter and fry the cardamom for 1 minutes then remove from the heat.

2. Add the eggs and raisins and cook, stirring gently, until the ghee begins to rise to the top. Stir in the vanilla essence then pour into a greased baking tin and spread evenly.

3. Sprinkle with nuts then allow to cool. Cut into squares to serve.