Sweet, inviting, and made for sharing, Besan Halwa Recipe | Besan Ka Sheera is a vegetarian north india sweet made with ghee / clarified butter, besan / gram flour, and rava / semolina / suji in about 40 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 6 Servings
- Category: sweet
- Cuisine: north india
Ingredients
- ½ cup ghee / clarified butter
- 1½ cup besan / gram flour
- 2 tbsp rava / semolina / suji (fine)
- 2 cup milk
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 tbsp saffron milk
- 2 tbsp cashew / kaju (chopped)
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
Method
- firstly, in a large kadai take ½ cup ghee.
- once the ghee heats up, add in 1½ cup besan.
- also, add 2 tbsp rava. if you are using coarse besan then you can skip the addition of rava.
- roast on low flame stirring continuously.
- roast for almost 25-30 minutes or until the besan turns golden brown.
- now add 2 cup milk and stir well.
- keep stirring continuously, until the besan absorbs all the milk without forming lumps.
- cook until the mixture separates the pan.
- further, add ½ cup sugar and 2 tbsp saffron milk.
- mix well until the sugar dissolves completely and separates the pan.
- further, add in 2 tbsp cashew and ¼ tsp cardamom powder. mix well.
- finally, enjoy besan ka halwa recipe garnished with more cashew.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
