easy wheat halwa recipe | tirunelveli halwa | godhumai halwa or godhi halwa
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 60 minutes
- Total time: 70 minutes
- Yield: 20 pieces
- Category: sweet
- Cuisine: south india
Ingredients
- 1 cup wheat flour / atta
- 5½ cup water
- 1½ cup sugar
- ½-¾ cup ghee / clarified butter
- 2 tbsp cashew / kaju (chopped)
- pinch of orange food colour
- ¼ tsp cardamom / elachi powder
- 2 tbsp almonds / badam (chopped)
Method
- firstly, take 1 cup wheat flour and knead to smooth and soft dough adding ½ cup water or as required.
- soak wheat dough in 5 cup water for 3 to 4 hours.
- squeeze the dough well and mix with water to get wheat milk.
- strain the wheat flour water to remove the wheat flour residue.
- further, transfer the wheat flour milk into large kadai.
- keep stirring for 10-15 minutes, till the milk turns porridge consistency.
- now add 1½ cup sugar and ¼ cup ghee. mix well making sure the sugar dissolves completely.
- after 15 minutes, ghee has been completely absorbed by the wheat mixture.
- add a tbsp of ghee and keep stirring on medium flame.
- repeat this for at least 5-6 times or till the mixture starts to release out ghee.
- once the ghee is released, add 2 tbsp chopped cashew and a pinch of orange food colour.
- mix well making sure everything is combined well.
- turn off the flame and add ¼ tsp cardamom powder. mix well.
- transfer to a tray and cut into square pieces.
- finally, serve wheat halwa / tirunelveli halwa / godhumai halwa or store in airtight container for a week.
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.