Besan Ka Halwa

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By Sandhya Khattri

April 10, 2013

Besan Ka Halwa is a delicious sweet made with gramflour, wheatflour, ghee, sugar and almonds. In sindhi families it is usually prepared in breakfast but you can have it any time. Ingredients  required for the recipe and detailed instructions are shown below.

Prep Time: 1 minute             Cook time: 15 minutes                   Serves: 4

Ingredients

Besan or gram flour-1cup
desi ghee-3/4 cup
wheat flour-2 tablespoons
Green Cardamom-4 crushed
sugar-3/4 cup
Water-3 cups
Almonds- 8-10 sliced for garnishing

Instructions:

• Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed kadhai or pan
• Add green cardamoms fry them till floats on top.
• Add wheat and besan mixture to it mix well
• On a medium to low heat stirring continously roast besan and wheat flour till golden brown in color, this will take approx 10-12 minutes, if you are habitual of making besan ladoos then the complete process will be easy for you, being a sindhi I am habitual of properly roasting beasan as we frequently make sindhi karhi at home.
• When mixture is golden brown in color add sugar to it mix well, slowly add 3 cups of water, stirr continously else lumps will be formed.
• On a high flame stirr continously till water is soaked up .
• simmer the heat cover the lid and cook for another 3-4 minutes till oil seprates from it, alternatively you can place your pan on hot tawa on low flame, it prevents it from direct heat and burning.
• Garnish halwa with  sliced almonds serve hot.

Notes:
Proper roasting of besan is necessary for good taste of halwa, don't try to
make it in hurry.
Adding wheat flour changes a taste of halwa from normal besan sweets like
ladoos and burfis
After adding water it becomes difficult to stir but you have to continously stir
the mixture else lumps will be formed.