As the festival of Diwali approaches, preparations for making and buying new sweets start in every house. Many types of sweets are available in the market from Kaju Katli and Rasgulla, but one often gets bored of eating the same traditional laddu, barfi and halwa every year. This Diwali, if you want to feed something different and healthy to your family and guests at home instead of expensive sweets like the ones in the market, then 'gram flour' (chickpea flour) can prove to be an excellent option.
Generally, people use gram flour only for making laddus and shero, but with the help of gram flour, ghee, sugar and some dry fruits already available in the kitchen, you can make many new and tasty sweets together. Let us know about these 5 easy and delicious recipes made from gram flour:
Make soft and tasty gram flour barfi at home
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Ingredients: 1 cup gram flour, 1/2 cup ghee, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup water, 1/2 teaspoon alchi powder, chopped almonds and pistachios.
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Method of preparation: First of all, heat ghee in a pan and add gram flour to it. Now cook it on low flame, stirring continuously, until it turns brown in color and gives a nice aroma. On the other hand, make syrup by mixing sugar and water in a pan. When the syrup becomes a little thick, add Shekelo gram flour and Elchi powder and mix well. When the mixture starts thickening, spread it in a greased plate. After the almond-pistachio bhabharavi cools down, cut it into square and diamond shapes.
Make traditional gram flour ladoo to welcome guests
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Ingredients: 2 cups gram flour, 1 cup ghee, 1 cup powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder, finely chopped dry fruits.
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Method of preparation: Heat ghee in a pan and add gram flour to it. Cook the bhundi properly by stirring it continuously on low flame, so that it does not stick to the bottom. When the color of the gram flour changes and a pleasant aroma starts coming out, turn off the gas and let it cool down a bit. Now add powdered sugar, alchi powder and almonds and mix well with hands. Take small balls (laddus) from this mixture. Sprinkle pistachios on top and serve.
New taste of gram flour and mawa: gram flour-mawa peda
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Ingredients: 1 cup gram flour, 1/2 cup mawa, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 4 spoons ghee, allichi powder.
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Method of preparation: Heat ghee in a pan and roast the gram flour on low flame. When the gram flour is half cooked, add the mava to it and cook both well for a few minutes. After that turn off the gas and let the mixture remain lukewarm. Add powdered sugar and lychee powder to it and mix well. Make small balls from the prepared mixture and press them lightly with your hands to give them the shape of a pada. Decorate with almonds and pistachios on top.
Amazing combination of coconut and gram flour: Coconut-gram flour barfi
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Ingredients: 1 cup gram flour, 1/2 cup shredded coconut, 1/2 cup sugar, 4 teaspoon ghee, 1/4 cup water, allichi powder.
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Method of preparation: Roast gram flour in ghee on low flame. When the gram flour starts giving out aroma, add shredded coconut to it and cook for some more time. Now make sugar and water syrup in a separate pan and add it to the gram flour-coconut mixture. Add Elchi powder and let it thicken. When the mixture thickens, place it in a plate with ghee, add coconut shavings on top and cut it into desired pieces.
Tasty Halwa can be made instantly
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Ingredients: 1 cup gram flour, 1/2 cup ghee, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 cups milk, alchi powder and cashew-almonds.
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Method of preparation: If you do not have much time, then this instant halwa is the best option. Heat ghee in a pan and roast the gram flour till it turns golden in colour. Then slowly add milk to it and keep stirring continuously so that lumps do not form. Now add sugar and cook until the mixture thickens. Finally add Elchi powder and dry fruits and serve hot.
This Diwali, instead of bringing mixed sweets from outside, make these sweets at home with pure ghee and gram flour and enjoy the festival with your family!