Ragi halwa is a sweet dessert made from ragi flour, ghee, sugar and milk.
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
- Heat ghee in a pan or kadai.
- Add the ragi flour.
- Keep stirring the flour for 3 to 4 minutes on low heat. The mixture will bubble
- When the mixture starts bubbling, add sugar.
- Stir and mix very well.
- Then add hot milk. The milk has to be hot. So heat the milk separately in another pan.
- Continue stirring the ragi halwa, till it starts thickening.
- Soon the mixture will start leaving the edges of the pan. Now sprinkle cardamom powder.
- Switch off the heat and transfer the halwa to a serving dish.
- As the ragi halwa cools, it will thicken more. Garnish with chopped dry fruits.
- 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.