Besan (chickpea flour) Halwa Recipe

This is a simple popular recipe from Punjab region made with Besan Ghee sugar milk and seeds

Ingredients

1. Besan (Chickpea flour): 1 Cup

2. Ghee (Clarified butter): 1 Cup
3. Cardamom seeds: ½ teaspoon

4. Seeds Nuts: ¼ Cup Total

Watermelon seed, Cantaloupe seeds

5. Sugar: 1 Cup

6. Water: 1 Cup

7. Milk: 1½ Cup

Method

1. Heat water, milk and sugar. Let it come to a boil. Make sure sugar is dissolved. Set aside.

2. In a separate pan, mix Ghee and Besan, and flour to make raw roux Paste. Turn on heat. Cook it on low heat till the flour turns light brown. Do NOT over fry the Besan.

3. Add syrup. Let it cook till it is nice paste like dough for Chapati. 

4. Stir in remaining ingredients.

5. Turn off heat.

6. Put it in a deep cookie pan while still hot. Sprinkle the nuts over the surface. Press the ingredients with spatula. Let it cool.