Besan Halwa Recipe
Besan Halwa Recipe is enriched with the goodness of gram flour which is roasted along with ghee and cooked in a cardamom flavoured sugar syrup which brings out the melt in the mouth texture and taste.
Ingredients
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1 cup Gram flour (besan)
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1/2 cup Ghee
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1/2 cup Sugar
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2-1/2 cups Water
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1 teaspoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)
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1 tablespoon Whole Almonds (Badam)
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chopped or sliced
Instructions
Step 1
To begin making Besan Ka Halwa Recipe, heat a heavy bottomed pan on medium heat; melt the one cup of ghee and stir in the besan flour and roast the mixture on medium heat
Step 2
Continue to roast until the mixture begins to release a roasted aroma and changes color to a roasted brown; the process will take about five minutes
Step 3
Keep stirring continuously while it is roasting
Step 4
The mixture will begin to resemble like coarse crumbles
Step 5
Turn the heat to lowIn another sauce pan, combine the water and sugar and bring the mixture to a boil
Step 6
Once it comes to a boil, stir in the cardamom powder
Step 7
Slowly start stirring in the prepared sugar hot water to the mixture
Step 8
The besan halwa will start splitting and curdling
Step 9
Continue stirring until the besan halwa thickens, but yet feels coarse and not like a blob of dough
Step 10
Stir continuously for 5 to 10 minutes on medium heat until the besan halwa comes away from the sides of the pan
Step 11
Turn off the heat, stir in the chopped almonds to the besan halwa and serve hot
Step 12
Serve Besan Ka Halwa after a delicious meal of Dal Makhani, Paneer Butter Masala, Garlic Naan and Jeera Rice for a weekend meal