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Thursday 6 October 2016

Moong dal halwa

Moong dal halwa



Moong dal halwa is a cult Indian dessert. Soaked lentils, grinded into paste is cooked with ghee, milk, dry fruits & sugar in slow flame to turn out to be one of the luxurious taste in the world. It takes lots of time, patience & energy to make this halwa but once its done everything becomes worth it.

Ingredients
1 cup of moong dal
9- 10 tsp of ghee
3-4 elachi
8-10 almonds
10-12 cashews
1/2 litre milk
 3 cups sugar

Method
1. Soak moong dal for at least 4-5 hrs. Wash it properly before soaking.

2.  Now drain the water completely & grind moong dal to a smooth paste add milk to adjust the consistently.

3. Take a non stick pan or kadai melt  ghee let it heat sufficiently add elachi & dry fruits, cook till they release aroma.

4. Add moong dal paste, mix properly make sure the mixture is not lumpy. Keep stirring constantly cook till it leaves it raw flavor & start leaving its sides. This process may take about 20 minutes.

5. Make sure the flame is in sim in this process. Add more ghee if required.

6. Now add milk, make sure the milk is preboiled & cooled. Keep stirring the halwa till milk reduced to half of quantity.

7. Add sugar, add keep stirring till the halwa comes to right consistency.

Garnish with almonds!!!!!

Tip:-
Make sure the halwa process is done in sim flame.
This halwa can be stored in fridge for few days. Heat it before having it.

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