Ingredients:
• 200 g – Whole Wheat atta / all-purpose flour
• 100 g – Cold Butter
• 1/2 tsp – Baking powder
• Salt a pinch
• 4 or 5 tsp – Cold water
• 12 tsp – Beetroot halwa.
• For the halwa:
• 2- Grated Beetroot
• 1/2 cup – water
• Sugar- to taste
• Ghee – 2 tbsp
• Cardamom powder- 1 tsp.
Method:
- Sift the flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
- Chop the butter into small pieces and rub the flour until like bread crumbs.
- Add a splash of cold water and mix the dough well.
- For the halwa:
- Add the grated beetroot and 1/2 cup of water in a heavy bottomed kadai and cook until dry.
- Keep stirring . Now add the sugar and while stirring continuously until thick.
- Then add the ghee and cardamom powder, stir well until it mixes into the halwa.
- Let it cool. Keep aside.
- Preheat the oven to 190 degree Celsius.
- Roll out the dough between two baking parchment papers.
- Make small round shapes using a cookie cutter.
- Place the small circles in the tart tin and gently push it in.
- Drop a levelled tsp of beetroot halwa inside the tart cases.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes.
- Leave it in the wire rack to cool.
- Serve immediately or store it in an air tight container.
Recipe courtesy of Ayeesha Riaz

