Aata Halwa/ Wheat Halwa

This is not a South Indian Godumai or wheat halwa. That takes a lot of time. But this halwa hardly takes more than 15 mts of preparing it. It also tastes pretty good. Here is the recipe

Ingredients

Wheat - 1 cup

Ghee - 1/3 of a cup ( or more)

Water - 2 cups

Sugar - 3/4 cup

Cardamom and dry fruits like kajoo and kishmish to taste

pinch of colour (optional)

Method

1) In a pan, add sugar and water and keep it for boiling.

2) In another pan, add 1 tsp ghee and once it melts, add dry fruits to it and fry without burning it. Keep the dry fruits aside once done. Take the same pan, add 1/3 cup of ghee and once it melts, add wheat flour to it. Fry on a low flame until the wheat turns brown and looks well coated with ghee. Keep stirring or it would start getting burnt. Switch off the flame.

4) Once water starts boiling on the other pan, add it the boiling water to the pan that has wheat. Keep stirring well until it thickens. Keep the flame low throughout. Add colour to it (optional).

5) Season with a pinch of cardamom and dry fruits and serve immediately.

Note

~ Wheat tends to get sticky very soon. So you must decide when to remove the halwa from the pan. Do not let it become too thick. Remove it from the pan when it just starts to thicken and yet loose.

~ you can add more ghee if you want to make it tastier.