In Northern parts of India, “aate ka halwa” is a very common recipe. It is a popular recipe in every household, when you crave for something sweet and do not have much ingredients at hand. Atta Halwa is made using minimal ingredients like whole wheat flour , ghee and sugar and if you have these (present at any indian household), you are good to go. If you follow few tips and tricks then you will get a perfect recipe every time and would satisfy all sweet tooth at your home.
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 2 mins.
Cooking time: 5 mins. For sugar syrup + 12-15 mins. For Halwa
Ingredients:
½ cup whole wheat flour
¼ cup ghee / clarified butter
½ cup sugar
2 cups water
8-10 raisins
2-3 green cardamom (crushed)
2 tablespoons sliced almonds
Directions:
- In a saucepan, mix together water and sugar on a medium flame. When the sugar syrup comes to boil and sugar is completely dissolved, turn off the heat.
- In a heavy bottom pan, melt the ghee/clarified butter and as it melts, add in whole wheat flour.
- Roast the flour until it turns golden brown and you get a nice aroma. Keep stirring continuously so that flour does not burn.
- Once the flour is roasted, add in sugar syrup slowly and on a low flame to avoid splattering.
- Keep stirring continuously so that there are no lumps in atta halwa and cook for 7-8 minutes until a desired consistency is achieved.
- Switch off the flame. Add in crushed green cardamom and mix well.
- Atta Halwa is ready to be served.
- Garnish with sliced almonds and raisins and serve warm.
Tips:
- Make sure while you roast the flour, you stir continuously so that it is cooked evenly and without getting burnt.
- Make sure that flour is cooked completely and you get a nice aroma before adding sugar syrup.
- When you add sugar syrup, be careful as it might splatter. Also, add the syrup slowly, while mixing it gradually with the flour to avoid any lumps.
- Add cardamom powder/ crushed cardamom in the end to get a nice aroma.
This atta recipe is amazing, i will try this out
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