Atta Ka Halwa (Wheat Flour Halwa)
Atta ka Halwa, is a delicious sweet dessert. This is easy to make and with few ingredients. Atta ka halwa is made with whole wheat flour, sugar, and clarified butter, flavored with cardamom. I love the sweet aroma and flavor of cardamom, for me cardamom is must to have any sweet I make.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/3 cup ghee, clarified butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 cups water
- 10-12 raisins
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom coarsely ground
- 2 tablespoons sliced almonds
- 1 tablespoon pistachios sliced for garnishing
Instructions
- Boil the water and sugar in a pan over medium high heat. Bring the syrup to full boil and mix it well making sure sugar is dissolved, and turn off the heat. Set aside.
- In a frying pan over low medium heat, add the clarified butter after butter is melted add whole wheat flour. Keep stirring and roast the flour, till it turns light brown and have nice sweet aroma. Flour should be roasted well, after adding the syrup four will be lighter in shade. Halwa should be nice and light brown in color. This should take about 7-8 minutes.
- Add the syrup slowly to minimize splattering. Keep stirring continuously, making sure there is no lumps. Add raisins, half the almonds and cardamom, and cook till it becomes consistency of thick batter. Keep the halwa softer than your desired consistency, as it will thicken over time. This should take about 5-6 minutes.
- Garnish with almonds, and pistachios. Serve warm.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Can we use jaggery in place of sugar
Vindhya, I have never used it but I am very sure you can.
Hey It came out well. Thank you very much for easy sweets and snacks
I tried it with milk instead of water. The taste was great. You will like it better with milk.
Huda, good suggestion, that is fun part of cooking, making the changes and sharing.
While roasting ata if it becomes dark brown can we still use it ?
Zum, yes
Can i prepare this a day before , refrigerate it then use it for next day evening home party ?
Do i need to heat it before serving
Laven, yes,add extra water because as halwa will sit atta absorb the water and for best taste serve warm.
If I use mishri does it make any change
ashu, try it should be good
Hi,, thnks for this dish….can we replace sugar with jaggery….
Lauri, Yes
Can I use jaggery instead sugar naa
Sharia,
I don’t use jaggery often but yes you can use it should be about same amount
Thankyou for such wonderful dish.. Loved it, and my family loved it tooo. I made it in 15 min and that’s too perfectly
Deboshree, Thank you
For wheat flour halwa tell me for one cup measurement
Hi. If i make this in morning and still want to serve it warm how should i heat it? Microwave? Or may putting it on stove?
Satvik, if you are planning to serve later, you can heat ether way,I prefer heating over stove you may have to add little more hot water.
Can I use any other flour like Maida or else in place of wheat flour
zehra, for this maida will not work
I made this halwa which is very very tasty… Thank u didi for this delicious recipe
Piyanka Dhar, Thank you, it is always good to hear that
Can we use aashirvad atta instead of white wheat flour?
Parvati Jayakumar, yes that will work
My husband loves this dish, I will try this now. Looks so yummy.
I love your videos and recipes…. Just wondering about the stove you are using, what type of it and where to find it?
Ishita, Camping stove, the cooking range I have it is on side, makes little harder to do video, this helps.
i waited for years for someone to make this on video as i just love this atte ka halwa but never could make it successfully. now, i think its gonna turn exactly the way my mom made.thks a lot
ellana, Thank you
V. Nice ..thank u….I am making it n carrying d same in d further form of solid cubes as I am travelling to night. I want to try jalebi also. ..thanks a lot I will let u know