Uttarakhand Atta Ka Halwa Whole Wheat Jaggery Ghee Temple Prasad

Cuisine: Uttarakhand Category: Dessert Prep: 5 min Cook: 20 min Serves: 4 Difficulty: Easy 🌿 Vegetarian

Whole wheat flour roasted slowly in ghee with jaggery — the simplest, most warming Pahadi sweet offered as prasad at mountain temples and distributed at all religious gatherings.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Dissolve grated jaggery in 1.5 cups warm water.
  2. Stir until fully dissolved. Keep warm.
  3. Heat 1/2 cup ghee in a heavy pan on medium-low heat.
  4. Add 1 cup wheat flour. Stir immediately.
  5. Roast on medium-low, stirring continuously without stopping, for 12 to 14 minutes until the flour turns a deep golden-amber and smells intensely toasted and nutty.
  6. Do not stop stirring at any point — the flour burns on the bottom if left unstirred.
  7. Add the warm jaggery water carefully — it will spatter as it hits the hot ghee and flour.
  8. Stir vigorously and continuously as the mixture absorbs the liquid and thickens very rapidly.
  9. Cook on medium heat, stirring constantly, for 4 to 5 minutes until the halwa pulls away cleanly from the sides of the pan.
  10. Add cardamom powder. Stir. Add ghee-fried cashews. Stir.
  11. Serve warm. This halwa sets firm as it cools and can be pressed into a pan and cut into squares.

Recipe from samaiyal.com — Authentic Indian Recipes