Preethi's online cookbook: Wheat Halwa

Wheat Halwa

Author: kittymatti / Labels: Sweets

Godumai Halwa

Recipe and Photo Courtesy: Radhika (my Aunt)

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups wheat (atta)
1/2 cup maida
Colour for halwa
1 1/2 cup sugar
Elachi poder & roasted nuts
1 cup ghee

Make a dosa batter consistency of the atta & maida ,with the colour powder in water & keep aside for atleast 30 min.
Add sugar to 1/2 cup water & bring it to 2 thread consistency.
Add the paste of atta & maida to this & stir till the paste cooks without burning underneath.
This should be done for atleast 20 min add ghee in between little by little as the paste cooks.
Add the roasted nuts & elachi & leave it to cool, the halwa is ready to eat.

31 comments:

Mangala Bhat said...: wow!Lovely color ..Looks soo yummy!; September 3, 2009 at 11:31 AM
PriyaRaj said...: Wow ur wheat halwa is mouth watering .....looking like Tirunelveli halwa preethi...; September 3, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Nithya said...: This looks yummm.. and the process sounds pretty simple.. mom used to grind wheat in grinder and take the milk etc to make this.. will show her your recipe :)

And coincidence.. Even I have posted an Halwa today :); September 3, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Unknown said...: Reminds me of thrinelveli halwa..Colorful and yumm!!; September 3, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Sarah Naveen said...: Wow!!!!!Wow!!!
It makes me drooling!!! Looks gorgeous!!; September 3, 2009 at 1:04 PM
Subhie Arun said...: wow..thats looks grt..i lov wheat halwa...; September 3, 2009 at 1:06 PM
Unknown said...: Wow, the halwa looks very nice...cant wait to try it out..; September 3, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Ann said...: OMG!! This looks soo mouth watering!!; September 3, 2009 at 2:11 PM
Lakshmi said...: What a co-incidence! Sowmya of Creative Saga also posted wheat halwa..and I am seeing it here again..slurrp bonus temptations for me. It looks delicious dear; September 3, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Padma said...: Halwa looks very temtpting Preethi... on our visits to native - we used to get fresh ones and eat from iruttu kadai - Tirunelveli halwa.... it tastes awesome...; September 3, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Sanghi said...: Looks great! I have tried it once, but it was a flop.. Got a comment from my hubby that it was like cerelac baby food :(; September 3, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Anu said...: Halwa looks so delicious and yummy... can we do it with pillsbury wheat atta....; September 3, 2009 at 10:13 PM
kittymatti said...: Yeah pillsbury would be perfectly fine!; September 3, 2009 at 10:18 PM
kittymatti said...: thank u guys
nice reading yr experiences!; September 3, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Preety said...: never made this version b4 but looks yumm; September 3, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Nandinis food said...: Halwa looks tempting! Reminds Thirunelveli halwa! :); September 4, 2009 at 1:51 AM
Parita said...: 1 cup ghee...oh dear i would love to make the low fat version :); September 4, 2009 at 4:01 AM
Anonymous said...: yummm...; September 4, 2009 at 5:42 AM
Naamellaam said...: That sounds real easy ! And i used to think Wheat Halwa was rocket science becz. the old ladies in our family sweated over it for hours, soaking, grinding and extracting the milk from whole wheat and then stirring it forever with sugar....Thank you so much for this !; September 4, 2009 at 5:48 AM
PriyaRaj said...: Thank u for ur sweet encouraging comment dear....; September 4, 2009 at 8:17 AM
Vijitha said...: Yummy delight!; September 4, 2009 at 12:19 PM
mythri n said...: omg...that looks so easy to cook :) Will try it out this weekend!
lovely mouth-watering picture :); September 4, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Indian Khana said...: Delicious and tempting....looks so gud; September 5, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Rathi said...: Hahaha...I am so reminded of my Grandmom she is an expert.. My mum bit adichufies from her... But I wanna say a wow to the picture...; September 6, 2009 at 3:10 AM
Sowmya said...: Its raining halwas ;) Till now saw already 3 posts and cant stop drooling..great pic..super tempting...; September 6, 2009 at 10:47 PM
PriyaRaj said...: Pls collect ur awards from my blog dear...; September 8, 2009 at 8:38 AM
kittymatti said...: thank u so much guys! yes rathi it looks great indeed; September 13, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Pavithra Elangovan said...: Wow thats mouthwatering halwa.. tempted so much..i am drooling here. Perfect texture and consistency too..; September 17, 2009 at 1:10 PM
IanG said...: I have been given a packet of Halwa by a friend from Kenya. After opening the packet how should I store it and how long will it keep? Ian Graham; November 17, 2009 at 3:21 AM
Fathima said...: wow this looks great and like thirunelveli halwa ... I am a die hard fan of Thirunelveli Halwa...will try this out soon...; January 16, 2010 at 12:33 AM
Suhasini said...: Hi

I did wheat halwa for this Diwali.Iam newly married and ofcoz new to Kitchen but your recipe was tempting and the result was marvellous.I got good appreciations which indirectly goes to you

Suhasini; November 22, 2010 at 6:47 AM

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