Halwai January 19, 2024

Ingredients:

• 1.25 cups – flour, sifted
• 1/2 cup – Chickpea flour (gram flour), sifted
• 1/2 cup – Brown sugar
• 1/4 cup – Honey
• 1/4 cup – Molasses
• 7 tbsp – Milk (low-fat works fine too)
• 2 tsp – ground Ginger
• 2 tsp – ground Cinnamon
• 1 to 1/2 tsp – baking powder
• 6 tbsp – vegetable shortening
• 1 pinch – salt

Method:

  1. Preheat oven to 325F.
  2. Take a skillet and mix together sugar, shortening, honey, and molasses and heat them on low heat until blended and melted. Cool it slightly and then add the milk.
  3. In another bowl add the sifted flours along with the spices, baking powder and salt and mix them well.
  4. Now pour the syrup mixture into the flour and blend them well.
  5. Pour this mixture into a well-greased loaf pan, smoothen out the top and bake for 1-2 hours or until the top of the bread is firm to touch and the sides turn brown.
  6. Allow it to cool and then turn it out into a wire rack to cool completely. Wrap the leftovers in foil.
  7. Recipe courtesy: Dhivya Karthik
  8. http://chefinyou.com/