Soft mango fudge

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4–6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook: 300 Classic Recipes from the Great Regions of India

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

  • About

This fruity sweetmeat is a recreation of a very old recipe by a prominent Assamese housewife called Dhanada Kumari Saikia. This version, Aamor Haluwa, produces a wonderfully sweet and flavoursome fudge studded with crunchy nuts, which makes the ideal end to a spicy meal.

Ingredients

  • 125 g/ oz/scant ¾ cup caster (superfine) sugar
  • a good

Method

  1. Put the sugar into a pan and add 300ml/½ pint/1¼ cups water. Place over a high heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Stir in the saffron and set aside.

  2. In a heavy pan, melt the ghee or butter over a low heat, then add the semolina and cashew nuts. Cook for 5-6 minutes, stirring frequently.