Besan Halwa, is an Indian sweet recipe which is filled with
the goodness of gram flour and dry fruits and can be served as a sweet dish.
Besan Halwa is one of the most popular dessert from North
Indian cuisine. Besan Halwa is made from besan/gram flour/chickpeas flour.
Besan Halwa is very rich and delicious in taste, and especially very popular in
festivals and functions. This is very easy to prepare with very less
ingredients.
INGREDIENTS –
- 1 ½ cup Besan (Laddu Besan)/Gram Flour/Chickpeas Flour
- ¼ cup Ghee
- 1 cup Sugar
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup Milk
- ¼ tsp Cardamom Powder
- 4-5 Thread Saffron/Kesar
- 7-8 Manuka (optional)
- 80 gm Cashew / Kaju (Chopped)
- 50 gm Almond/Badam (Chopped)
- 50 gm Raisin /Kishmis
DIRECTION TO MAKE BESAN HALWA –
- To begin making Besan Halwa Recipe, In a deep bottom pan/kadhai, heat ghee in a kadai.
- Add besan and roast it on low flame till all raw smell goes out and besan changes the color slightly brown.
- While roasting beasn, at the same time take a sauce pan, add sugar, ½ cup water, saffron thread, and cook it on low flame and bring it to boiling point, then boil it for 2-3 minutes.
- Add prepared sugar syrup in the roasted besan mixture and mix it well then add milk, cardamom powder and raisin.
- Mix well, stir it continuously till the mixture becomes thick.
- Let the ghee separate from the mixture.
- Eventually the mixture will be sticky.
Besan Halwa is ready, garnish it with chopped dry fruits
and serve it hot or cold.
SOME USEFUL TIPS –
- Use laddu besan for best result.
- You can store this Halwa for 1-2 week in a refrigerator.
- Whenever you want to eat stored halwa, you can reheat stored halwa in a microwave for 1 minutes before eating.
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