Wheatflour and Jaggery Halwa/Gud Aur Atta ke Halwa

Sweets are famous all over North India they are made of sugar where as in Southern India sweets are mostly made with jaggery in the form of payasam/kheer. In North India the staple food is wheat flour whereas in south India the staple food is rice and rice flour. Accordingly you can find variety of foods made with rice/rice flour in Southern India whereas Northern India has many wheat flour recipes. I have never tried this wheat flour halwa before .

This is a rich and flavourful halwa it resembles the taste of ukkara made in chettinad. I made measurements  using subzi cups used in thali plates.The amount you get is more than enough for 2 servings /2 persons.If you are dieting and still want to enjoy this halwa reduce the ghee quantity to 1/2 mentioned here .

This halwa i made for a challenge from  shh cooking secretly member shailaja .She gave two secret ingredients wheat flour and jaggery then while searching the web i found divinetaste blog and found this wonderful recipe .

Cooking Time:10-12 min

Serves:2

Ingredients :

• 3/4 cup wholewheat flour
• 3/4 Thick jaggery Syrup
• 1/4 cup water
• 3 tbsp ghee
• 3 badam for garnishing

Method:

• Melt the jaggery by adding water to it.Filter it (if there is any impurities)
• Roast whole wheat flour in 3 tbsp of ghee(can use less) .
• Until the raw smell goes off and wheat flour turns little brown.
• Add the purified jaggery syrup to the roasted wholewheat flour .
• Halwa starts to give out the excess ghee out in a minute .
• Add chopped badam to it and serve immediately .

Note:

• Amount of ghee mentioned here gives a very rich taste .Reduce the ghee level if you are in diet.
•  I usually do ghee at home to save money and get a pure ghee .

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