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Pottukadalai Halwa Recipe

Time and servings

Nutrition

Per servings.

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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

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Instructions

  1. Firstly, in a mixer jar take 1 cup pottukadalai and grind to a fine powder.
  2. In a pan heat 2 tbsp ghee and roast pottukadalai powder.
  3. Roast for 3 to 4 minutes or until the roasted gram dal powder turns aromatic. Keep aside.
  4. In a saucepan take 1½ cup jaggery and 2 cup water.
  5. Stir and melt all the jaggery. Boil the jaggery water for 1 minute.
  6. Pour the jaggery water into the mixture and mix well.
  7. Stir continuously until the mixture is well combined.
  8. Also, add pinch saffron food colour and ½ tsp cardamom powder.
  9. Continue to stir until the mixture thickens and turns into a silky consistency.
  10. Further, add ½ tsp cardamom powder and 2 tbsp ghee.
  11. Mix well until the mixture separates the pan.
  12. Now add 2 tbsp cashew and mix well. The halwa thickens once cooled.
  13. Finally, enjoy Pottukadalai Halwa Recipe tastes great for 3 days when refrigerated.

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Step-by-step

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Firstly, in a mixer jar take 1 cup pottukadalai and grind to a fine powder.
2
In a pan heat 2 tbsp ghee and roast pottukadalai powder.
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Roast for 3 to 4 minutes or until the roasted gram dal powder turns aromatic. Keep aside.
4
In a saucepan take 1½ cup jaggery and 2 cup water.
5
Stir and melt all the jaggery. Boil the jaggery water for 1 minute.
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Pour the jaggery water into the mixture and mix well.
7
Stir continuously until the mixture is well combined.
8
Also, add pinch saffron food colour and ½ tsp cardamom powder.
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Continue to stir until the mixture thickens and turns into a silky consistency.
10
Further, add ½ tsp cardamom powder and 2 tbsp ghee.
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Mix well until the mixture separates the pan.
12
Now add 2 tbsp cashew and mix well. The halwa thickens once cooled.
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Finally, enjoy Pottukadalai Halwa Recipe tastes great for 3 days when refrigerated.Fried Bengal Gram Halwa - No Sugar

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Notes

  • Firstly, make sure to finely powder the roasted gram dal to get a silky smooth halwa.
  • Also, adding food colour is optional. You get the colour of halwa depending on the colour of jaggery.
  • Additionally, the same halwa recipe can also be prepared with sugar in place of jaggery.
  • Finally, Pottukadalai Halwa Recipe tastes great when prepared with fresh ghee.
Original recipe by Hebbar’s Kitchen: https://hebbarskitchen.com/pottukadalai-halwa-recipe/