Punjab

Aate ka halwa

Name: Aate ka halwa
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Punjabi
Ingredients: 1 cup whole wheat flour (wholemeal atta flour, chapati flour); 1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp ghee; 3/4 cup sugar; 2 cups water; a pinch optional cardamom; a few slivered almonds

Atta roasted in ghee until it smells like a gurdwara morning. Warm, simple and deeply comforting.

30 minTime

4 gProtein each

mildSpice

Equal parts, equal share2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayAtta, ghee and sugar in equal regard.

The original

377kcalsame

4 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

30minutessame

Classic aate ka halwa, the kada prasad way.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Whole wheat flour (wholemeal atta flour, chapati flour)1 cup

Ghee½ cup plus 1 tbsp

Sugar¾ cup

Water2 cups

Cardamoma pinch, optional

Almondsa few, slivered

Method

4 steps

1Bring the water and sugar to a boil and keep it hot on a back burner.
2Melt the ghee in a heavy kadai and roast the atta on low heat, stirring constantly.
3Pour in the hot syrup in a slow stream, stirring hard. Stand back, it splutters.
4Cook on low, stirring, until the halwa leaves the sides and ghee shines through. Add cardamom and almonds.

Serve it like this

Serve in small bowls, warm or chilled as it likes best, with a few chopped nuts on top.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Punjab

Aate ka halwa

Atta roasted in ghee until it smells like a gurdwara morning. Warm, simple and deeply comforting.

30 minTime

4 gProtein each

mildSpice

Equal parts, equal share2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayAtta, ghee and sugar in equal regard.

The original

377kcalsame

4 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

30minutessame

Classic aate ka halwa, the kada prasad way.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Whole wheat flour (wholemeal atta flour, chapati flour)1 cup

Ghee½ cup plus 1 tbsp

Sugar¾ cup

Water2 cups

Cardamoma pinch, optional

Almondsa few, slivered

Method

4 steps

1Bring the water and sugar to a boil and keep it hot on a back burner.
2Melt the ghee in a heavy kadai and roast the atta on low heat, stirring constantly.
3Pour in the hot syrup in a slow stream, stirring hard. Stand back, it splutters.
4Cook on low, stirring, until the halwa leaves the sides and ghee shines through. Add cardamom and almonds.

Serve it like this

Serve in small bowls, warm or chilled as it likes best, with a few chopped nuts on top.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Aate ka halwa

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Aate ka halwa

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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