Multigrain Atta Halwa/Atta Halwa/Godhumai Halwa- with Jaggery

This is one of the easiest and healthiest sweets to make. I referred the recipe from divinetaste.com. In that website the halwa was made using wheat flour. But I had only aashirvad multigrain atta at home. However, I decided to give it a try and I just loved the result. The dish has a mild sweetness and is so tasty. Healthy too with the goodness of grains and jaggery.

There are two important things to note in this recipe. Its a very easy to make sweet but you have to do these two steps with care. The first one is the roasting part of the flour. It has to be done continuously atleast for 9 to 10 or 11 mins in low flame. Take care not to burn it. However, the color will change darker. If you do not roast the flour for an ample time, you will get a floury taste in the dish and it will be uncooked.

Second, is while pouring the jaggery syrup, you should be careful avoiding splatters on yourself but you should also assure there are no lumps formed by constant stirring.

 Ingredients:

1. Multigrain Atta/Wheat flour- 3/4 cup
2. Jaggery, powdered -3/4 cup
3. Water - 1 and 1/2 cup
4. Cardamom crushed - 2 or 3
5. Ghee - 3tbsp + 1tsp for toasting nuts
6. Salt - tiny pinch(optional)
7. Nuts ( I used badam) - for garnish

Method:

1. Heat the powdered jaggery with 1 and 1/2 cup water in a pan. Dont let it boil, Strain and set aside.(It will be a runny syrup only not to worry).

2. In a non stick kadai, heat the ghee till it melts. Add the flour and roast it on low heat. As mentioned earlier, you will get a toasted aroma and you will notice the color of the flour gets darker. This takes 10 or 11 mins.

3. Now, add the cardamom powder and a tiny pinch of salt (it is optional, in sweets a tiny pinch of salt enhances the flavour and sweetness). and give a quick stir.

4. Now add the jaggery syrup carefully stirring continuously to avoid lumps and be careful to avoid splatter. I used my ballon whisk.

5. You will see it all comes together very soon to a mass of halwa consistency, so you have to act very fast when adding the syrup.

6. Toast nuts with ghee and add it to the halwa. Serve and enjoy!.

Notes:

• The above quantity is sufficient for 4 people. Do not be carried away by the minimal amount of flour when roasting. You can see how it miraculously doubles up on adding the syrup.
• The dish has a mild sweetness which I loved. If you like your sweetness to be on the higher side, increase the jaggery and water accordingly.