Moong Dal Halwa Easy
Moong dal halwa recipe, a classic delicious rajasthani sweet that is made for special occasions and festivals like diwali. It is a rich, creamy and pudding-like dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Green gram Cheruparippu/Moong dal
- 1 cup Sugar
- ½ cup Milk
- 2 cups Water
- ½ tsp Saffron
- Mawa/khoya ¾ cup
- 1 cup Ghee
- 8 nos Almonds Badam
- 4 nos Cardamom Elakka
Instructions
- Wash and soak the dal overnight.
- Grind coarsely, using very little water.
- Prepare a one string sugar syrup with sugar and water.
- Soak saffron in hot milk.
- Crumble mawa into fine granules.
- Blanch almonds. Cool, peel and cut them finely.
- Heat ghee in a kadai or a pan.
- Add ground dal and fry till golden brown on a low heat and keep stirring .
- Add the sugar syrup and saffron milk. Mix well and cook till halwa is of dropping consistency.
- Add mawa and cook till it dissolves.
- Garnish with crushed cardamoms and sliced almonds.
- :- Serve hot.
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