Crisp at the edges and tender through the middle, Pottukadalai Halwa Recipe | Fried Bengal Gram Halwa - No Sugar is a vegetarian south indian sweet made with pottukadalai / putani / roasted gram dal, ghee, and jaggery in about 20 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: 15 minutes
- Total time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 8 Servings
- Category: sweet
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup pottukadalai / putani / roasted gram dal
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 1½ cup jaggery
- 2 cup water
- pinch saffron food colour
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
- 2 tbsp cashew
Method
- Firstly, in a mixer jar take 1 cup pottukadalai and grind to a fine powder.
- In a pan heat 2 tbsp ghee and roast pottukadalai powder.
- Roast for 3 to 4 minutes or until the roasted gram dal powder turns aromatic. Keep aside.
- In a saucepan take 1½ cup jaggery and 2 cup water.
- Stir and melt all the jaggery. Boil the jaggery water for 1 minute.
- Pour the jaggery water into the mixture and mix well.
- Stir continuously until the mixture is well combined.
- Also, add pinch saffron food colour and ½ tsp cardamom powder.
- Continue to stir until the mixture thickens and turns into a silky consistency.
- Further, add ½ tsp cardamom powder and 2 tbsp ghee.
- Mix well until the mixture separates the pan.
- Now add 2 tbsp cashew and mix well. The halwa thickens once cooled.
- Finally, enjoy Pottukadalai Halwa Recipe tastes great for 3 days when refrigerated.
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.
