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Wheat and Almond Pudding (Aate ka Sheera)
July 8, 2008 |
My Birthday Brunch: Aate ka Sheera
Pronounced aah-tay kah shee-rah. Also called Aate ka halwa. In Hindi, aata = wheat flour, sheera = pudding.
Thank you for the birthday wishes and greetings you have sent me (and J) by e-mail and in the comments section. You truly make us feel special.
As a certified wheat addict, I had to bookmark this recipe when I saw it. This is Manasvi’s grandmother’s recipe from Rajasthan. It’s simple, flexible and takes about ten minutes to put together.
This can be easily veganised by substituting the ghee (clarified butter) with transfat-free margarine. If using regular butter, cook it for three or four minutes until it loses some of the water content and gets a nutty aroma.
This is very good stuff. Thank you, Manasvi.
WHEAT AND ALMOND PUDDING (AATE KA SHEERA)
from pedatha.com
Serves 3 to 4.
1 cup whole wheat flour
**either the fine-ground chapati flour/aata or regular whole wheat flour will work for this
1/4 cup whole almonds or store-bought slivered almonds
1 cup sugar (I used 2/3 cup raw cane sugar)
1/2 cup ghee (clarified butter) (I used 1/4 cup)
hot water - 2 cups
a few drops rose water (my addition)
(Pssttt …. I added a couple more things, but since I’m sending it to Nupur’s Less is More event where one has to stick to five ingredients or less (water doesn’t count), I’m not telling.)
Heat the ghee, add the flour, stir until kinda roasted and aromatic.
If using whole almonds, soak them for a couple of hours, skin them, pat them dry and grind them to a coarse powder. Too much work. I just ground pre-skinned slivered almonds in my spice grinder.
Add the almond powder to the wheat and ghee mixture and cook the whole thing for five more minutes until it is rich brown. The deeper the colour, the better the flavour.
Heat 2 cups water in a kettle or in the microwave. Add it to the mixture and stir until the water is absorbed. You may need 1/4 cup more water depending on the grind of the flour you’re using.
Add the sugar and the rose water (You can substitute the rose water with green cardamom or saffron). Cook for a minute or two until the sugar melts.
Take it off the stove, take a picture, dig in while it’s still hot.
Aate ka Sheera from pedatha.com is our entry for Monthly Blog Patrol, hosted this month by Nupur @ One Hot Stove, where the theme is Less is More.
- Bee
Almond, Flour, rajasthan, rose water, vegetarian recipes, Wheat
Happy B’day, monkee!
Did you really need 4 bowls and spoons to eat that?!!
Belated Birthday wishes Bee!
Missed your bday because of this thing called ‘life’. Belated Birthday wishes, Bee!
Belated Happy Birthday Bee!!!
Happy Belated Birthday! Hope it was lovely. I love this stuff…this is the ‘prasaad’ that is also served in gurdwaras (minus the almonds). I usually make it for all birthdays and annis. My kids devour this!
Made this yesterday .. AH-mazing!!! finger lickin’ good!
My MIL (who always criticizes) could not find fault !!(Bee, I could hug u to bits!)
Waiting for the next time I have guests, will make this again and dazzle them!!!!!
Thank U!