Sweet, inviting, and made for sharing, Ragi Halwa is a vegetarian Indian desserts made with simple everyday ingredients 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: 2 · 2 to 3
  • Category: Desserts
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • ½ cup ragi ((nachni flour or finger millet flour). i used organic ragi flour)
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons ghee ((clarified butter))
  • 1 cup hot milk
  • ¼ cup sugar, (i used organic sugar)
  • ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder
  • 6 to 7 almonds (- slivered or chopped finely)
  • 6 to 7 pistachios (- slivered or chopped finely)

Method

  1. Heat ghee in a pan or kadai.
  2. Add the ragi flour.
  3. Keep stirring the flour for 3 to 4 minutes on low heat. The mixture will bubble
  4. When the mixture starts bubbling, add sugar.
  5. Stir and mix very well.
  6. Then add hot milk. The milk has to be hot. So heat the milk separately in another pan.
  7. Continue stirring the ragi halwa, till it starts thickening.
  8. Soon the mixture will start leaving the edges of the pan. Now sprinkle cardamom powder.
  9. Switch off the heat and transfer the halwa to a serving dish.
  10. As the ragi halwa cools, it will thicken more. Garnish with chopped dry fruits.
  11. Serve ragi halwa warm or at room temperature.

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.