Besan Halwa Recipe: the Classic Indian Dessert

Besan Halwa (Chickpea flour dessert) is a dessert which is fit for the gods, literally, and so is offered quite frequently in temples.

Ingredients

Chickpea flour (Besan)-1 cup

Sugar-1/2 cup

Clarified butter (Ghee)-1/4 cup

Milk-1 cup

Saffron-few strands dissolved in milk

Green Cardomom-2 crushed

Cashew nuts-25 grams (1oz) (1 + 1/2 tablespoon)

Raisins-25 grams (1oz) (1 + 1/2 tablespoon)

Method

In a wok, add the clarified butter and put it on your heat source.

As soon as the clarified butter warms up, add the besan (Chickpea flour) and cashew nuts and stir till all become light brown and give off a lovely aroma.

Do please ensure that you don’t burn the flour!

Add the sugar, milk along with the saffron, the cardamom and raisins to the flour.

Stir well till the dessert (halwa) dries up.

That’s all.

Your Besan Halwa is ready.

Prep time: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 7 minutes

[This recipe is an excerpt from my book “Home Style Indian Cooking In A Jiffy” which is available on all e-book retailer sites like Amazon, Kobo, ibooks, Google Play, Barnes & Noble and so on.]

 

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