Sweet, inviting, and made for sharing, wheat halwa recipe | tirunelveli halwa | godhumai halwa or godhi halwa is a vegetarian south india sweet made with wheat flour / atta, water, and sugar in about 70 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: 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.
