Oats halwa is a delicious and healthy sweet recipe which combines the goodness and health benefits of oats, jaggery, seeds and nuts. I have used pumpkin seeds and nuts to reduce the stickiness but you can avoid them if you want.
You can substitute jaggery with sugar, but I prefer using jaggery, palm jaggery or coconut palm sugar…..just to keep it healthy. The addition of almonds gives this halwa a good texture and also enhances the taste. One important thing to note is not to grind nuts continuously at room temperature as the paste will become hot and vary the taste. So, grind the almonds and seeds with caution.
Earlier I have shared posts on other halwa recipes in my blog. Please do checkout my other halwa recipes such as badam halwa, wheat halwa, butternut squash halwa etc.
Also do try this healthy after meal dessert….
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled Oats
- ½ cup Almonds
- ½ cup Pumpkin seeds (optional)
- 1 handful Walnuts (optional)
- 1 cup Jaggery
- ¼ tsp. Cardamom powder
- 2 tbsps. Ghee
- Nuts, to garnish
Method
- Powder the nuts, seeds and oats in a mixer grinder dry jar.
- Heat a non-stick pan and pour ghee into it. Add the powdered mix and fry for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Melt jaggery with 3 tablespoons of water and filter it.
- Add the jaggery syrup to the roasted powdered mix.
- Cook till all the moisture evaporates and the mix becomes dry.
- Add a teaspoon of ghee if the mix looks too dry.
- Grease a tray and spread the halwa evenly on the tray.
- Garnish with nuts.
- Refrigerate the halwa for 4 to 6 hours and cut into pieces.
- Oats halwa is ready.