Chickpea flour porridge/besan ka halwa 🥣. How to make Besan Ka Halwa Recipe. Use other grain or bean or lentil flours for variation. This dessert uses chickpea flour to make a thick custard, that cools to a halwa state.
It is soft, aromatic and easy to make.
Plus, it's very comforting as a drink called besan ka sheera if you have a cold or cough.
Lots of reasons to love this sweet treat!
You can have Chickpea flour porridge/besan ka halwa 🥣 using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Chickpea flour porridge/besan ka halwa 🥣
- It's 2 1/2 tbsp of chickpea flour.
- Prepare 4 tsp of unsalted butter or ghee.
- You need 2 tbsp of sugar or jaggery.
- You need 1/2 cup of water.
- It's Pinch of cardamom powder.
Chickpea flour, also known as gram flour or besan, can be found in Indian or Asian markets. Made from ground, dried chickpeas, the flour can be I had some leftover chickpea flour from making Nan Khatai and decided to try this. I'm not familiar with this type of Halwa, so it was a new experience! Besan Ka Halwa, Halwa is a traditional Indian dessert and made using different flour, lentils, nuts and vegetables.
Chickpea flour porridge/besan ka halwa 🥣 step by step
- Saute chickpea flour alone in a pan on low flame for 7-10 minutes, until nice aroma comes..
- Prepare sugar mixture separately by adding sugar/jaggery and water together. Mix until sugar/jaggery dissolve in water completely. I have used jaggery as shown in the picture, but you could also use sugar of your choice..
- Put unsalted butter/ghee in a pan, add roasted chickpea flour to it and whisk it for 5-7 minutes on medium heat..
- Pour the sugar mixture and cardamom powder, once butter and flour mixed well without lumps and turning brown. Whisk until everything holds together..
- Serve warm..
Besan Ka Halwa is one of my favorite Halwa. This is a delicious also quick and easy to make. When you roast the besan, house is full of sweet aroma. As mentioned, these chickpea (or besan/chillas) pancakes are exceptionally easy to make, and made even better when these simple rules are followed. A savory pancake begging to be eaten with pickles and chutneys or yogurts and cream.