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.
- 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
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.
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vindhya
December 20, 2018 at 4:07 amCan we use jaggery in place of sugar
Manjula Jain
December 21, 2018 at 7:58 amVindhya, I have never used it but I am very sure you can.
Sathya
October 13, 2018 at 11:04 pmHey It came out well. Thank you very much for easy sweets and snacks
Huda
February 3, 2018 at 7:30 amI tried it with milk instead of water. The taste was great. You will like it better with milk.
Manjula Jain
February 5, 2018 at 9:44 pmHuda, good suggestion, that is fun part of cooking, making the changes and sharing.
Zum
November 10, 2017 at 9:04 amWhile roasting ata if it becomes dark brown can we still use it ?
Manjula Jain
January 18, 2018 at 12:08 amZum, yes
lavan
April 24, 2017 at 9:05 pmCan 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
Manjula Jain
April 26, 2017 at 8:23 pmLaven, yes,add extra water because as halwa will sit atta absorb the water and for best taste serve warm.
ashu
April 14, 2017 at 3:15 amIf I use mishri does it make any change
Manjula Jain
April 16, 2017 at 10:59 pmashu, try it should be good
Laurie
February 21, 2017 at 2:55 pmHi,, thnks for this dish….can we replace sugar with jaggery….
Manjula Jain
February 21, 2017 at 10:05 pmLauri, Yes
sharia
September 26, 2016 at 4:48 amCan I use jaggery instead sugar naa
Manjula Jain
September 26, 2016 at 9:20 amSharia,
I don’t use jaggery often but yes you can use it should be about same amount
Deboshree
August 30, 2016 at 8:35 pmThankyou for such wonderful dish.. Loved it, and my family loved it tooo. I made it in 15 min and that’s too perfectly
Manjula Jain
August 30, 2016 at 11:29 pmDeboshree, Thank you
Simmy
August 29, 2016 at 10:55 pmFor wheat flour halwa tell me for one cup measurement
Satvik
August 25, 2016 at 8:28 amHi. 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?
Manjula Jain
August 25, 2016 at 10:43 amSatvik, 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.
zehra
August 23, 2016 at 9:01 amCan I use any other flour like Maida or else in place of wheat flour
Manjula Jain
August 23, 2016 at 8:00 pmzehra, for this maida will not work
Piyanka Dhar
March 15, 2016 at 11:52 amI made this halwa which is very very tasty… Thank u didi for this delicious recipe
Manjula Jain
March 15, 2016 at 5:57 pmPiyanka Dhar, Thank you, it is always good to hear that
Parvati Jayakumar
March 6, 2016 at 2:59 amCan we use aashirvad atta instead of white wheat flour?
Manjula Jain
March 9, 2016 at 2:14 pmParvati Jayakumar, yes that will work
Sapana V
December 20, 2015 at 12:42 pmMy husband loves this dish, I will try this now. Looks so yummy.
Ishita
December 3, 2015 at 10:29 pmI love your videos and recipes…. Just wondering about the stove you are using, what type of it and where to find it?
Manjula Jain
December 4, 2015 at 11:04 pmIshita, Camping stove, the cooking range I have it is on side, makes little harder to do video, this helps.
ellana
December 3, 2015 at 8:08 pmi 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
Manjula Jain
December 4, 2015 at 11:06 pmellana, Thank you
Veena
December 3, 2015 at 6:28 pmV. 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