Recipe: Appetizing Chickpea flour porridge/besan ka halwa 🥣

Chickpea flour porridge/besan ka halwa 🥣. Besan ka halwa is a gluten-free Indian dessert made of chickpea flour, ghee, jaggery, milk, milk solids and nuts. 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.

Chickpea flour porridge/besan ka halwa 🥣 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. The whole cardamom seeds in the halwa make this one delectable spoon. You can have Chickpea flour porridge/besan ka halwa 🥣 using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chickpea flour porridge/besan ka halwa 🥣

  1. Prepare 2 1/2 tbsp of chickpea flour.
  2. Prepare 4 tsp of unsalted butter or ghee.
  3. It’s 2 tbsp of sugar or jaggery.
  4. Prepare 1/2 cup of water.
  5. Prepare 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! As mentioned, these chickpea (or besan/chillas) pancakes are exceptionally easy to make, and made even better when these simple rules are followed.

Chickpea flour porridge/besan ka halwa 🥣 instructions

  1. Saute chickpea flour alone in a pan on low flame for 7-10 minutes, until nice aroma comes..
  2. 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..
  3. Put unsalted butter/ghee in a pan, add roasted chickpea flour to it and whisk it for 5-7 minutes on medium heat..
  4. Pour the sugar mixture and cardamom powder, once butter and flour mixed well without lumps and turning brown. Whisk until everything holds together..
  5. Serve warm..

A savory pancake begging to be eaten with pickles and chutneys or yogurts and cream. Nutrition facts label for Chickpea flour (besan). Each “~” indicates a missing or incomplete. Besan Halwa is a fudgy dessert made with chickpea flour or besan. Use other grain or lentil flours for variation.

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