Kuttu Ka Halwa for Navratri Vrat | Buckwheat Flour Pudding
Kuttu Ka Halwa is a delicious Indian dessert recipe that is soft, rich, and melt-in-your-mouth, with a nutty flavor. It is made with kuttu flour (buckwheat flour), ghee, and sugar. Buckwheat halwa is popular during Navratri vrat (fasting) or other Hindu fasting days like Ekadashi and Shivratri, when grains are avoided.
Servings: 4
Calories: 245kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- ¼ cup Ghee
- 2 tablespoon Cashews
- 2 tablespoon Raisins
- ½ cup Kuttu atta buckwheat flour
- 1 ½ cups boiling water
- ½ cup Sugar
- ¼ teaspoon Cardamom powder
Instructions
- Heat ghee in a heavy-bottomed pan over medium-to-medium-low heat.¼ cup Ghee
- Add the cashews, and when they start to turn light, add the raisins and sauté for a few seconds. (It will turn golden brown with the flour in the next step, so don’t wait for it to turn golden now).2 tbsp Cashews, 2 tbsp Raisins
- Now add the kuttu flour and keep roasting, sautéing it until the rawness goes off and it becomes aromatic.½ cup Kuttu atta
- Tip: Keep sautéing so it doesn't burn; this is very important for that delicious halwa taste and flavor.
- Slowly add boiling water and keep stirring or whisking so it doesn't form lumps. (Be careful as the mixture splutters at this stage).1 ½ cups boiling water
- Continue cooking until the flour has absorbed all the moisture and become soft and thick like pudding.
- Add sugar and mix well.½ cup Sugar
- The halwa loosens once you add the sugar, as it releases moisture.
- Continue cooking until it thickens or starts leaving the sides of the pan.
- Add cardamom powder and mix for another 1-2 minutes.¼ tsp Cardamom powder
- Turn off the heat. Serve and enjoy.
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Notes
- Roasting the flour in ghee until the rawness goes off on a medium- to medium-low flame is key to this recipe and helps make flavorful halwa.
- Kuttu can form lumps when you add liquid. So keep stirring as you add the liquid to break up any lumps.
- Generally, the ghee:flour:sugar ratio for temple-style halwa is 1:1:1. I have reduced the ghee by half. Adjust sweetness and ghee accordingly. Note that the taste will vary accordingly.
- If you are worried the nuts will burn if you add them at the beginning, feel free to add them toward the end as well.
- Instead of sugar, you can also use jaggery cardamom syrup to make kuttu halwa. The flavor will be very different.
Nutrition
Calories: 245kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 6mg | Potassium: 91mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg