Moong Dal Ka Halwa Recipe | Chef Sanjyot Keer

Written recipe for Moong dal ka halwa

Rest time: 4-5 hours
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves: 6

Ingredients:
• Moong dal ½ cup
• Sugar 1 cup
• Water 1 cup
• Cardamom powder 1 tsp
• Saffron few strands
• Ghee 1 cup
• Rava (semolina) 1 tbsp
• Besan 1 tbsp
• Almonds (slivers) as required
• Cashew nuts as required
• Pistachios as required

Methods:
• Wash the moong dal nicely and soak it in fresh water for 4-5 hours. Drain the excess water and transfer it to a grinding jar, grind into a coarse paste no need of adding water.
• Set a deep pan or wok on medium heat, add sugar, water, cardamom powder and few saffron strands, mix well and cook until the sugar is dissolved. Keep aside to add later in the halwa.
• Set another deep pan or wok on medium heat, add ghee rava and besan, mix and roast the rava and besan, stir for 1-2 minutes, addition of besan and rava gives a good texture and reduces lumps.
• Add the coarsely grinded moong dal, low down the flame to low heat and cook while stirring continuously, cook until it turned slightly brown in colour and sandy like texture is achieved.
• Add the flavoured sugar syrup made earlier mix and stir continuously and cook until dark brown in colour and the ghee separates.
• Keep stirring throughout the process to avoid it from burning,
• As it the ghee separates add some nuts and mix well, your moong dal ka halwa is ready to be served, garnish it with little few slivered nuts and serve warm.


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