Water chestnuts are the main ingredient in singhara flour, which is a standard component of many traditional dishes served during fasting. Whether it’s halwa or barfi, you have many choices of traditional sweet dishes to choose from.
Singhara halwa is a quick, nutritious treat made from water chestnut flour, ghee, and cardamom. It’s a cherished staple for those seeking a healthy, flavorful option during fasting.
Singhara barfi is another sweet suitable for fasting. Most often, singhara barfi will include the use of ghee and sugar, and cardamom spice for flavoring.
Singhara lapsi is a very satisfying sweet and is made by cooking singhara flour together with ghee and sugar until it has become a moist and grainy-textured dessert.
Singhara katli is a simple dessert made by combining singhara flour with ghee and sugar until it makes a fudge-type confection, and then cutting it into thin slices.
Singhara panjiri features roasted singhara flour in ghee, and then mixed with sugar and nuts. Panjiri is typically eaten as an after-meal dish, typically on days of fasting.