Monday, October 5, 2009

Moong Dal Halwa

Moong Dal HalwaMoong Dal Halwa Is delicious sweet and it is too easy to prepare !


Ingredients:
Moong Dal -1 cup
Milk-½ cup
Sugar-1 cup
Ghee-1 cup
Saffron- a pinch or two
Dry Fruits (Cashewnuts, raisins, almonds, pista)

Method:

Wash and soak the moong dal for 3-4 hours (If soaking in hot water, even 1-2 hours are enough).

Drain and grind it coarsely using very little water. Set aside.

Prepare one-string sugar syrup by using 1 cup sugar and ½ cup water. Keep aside. Soak saffron in hot milk.

Heat ghee in a thick-bottomed pan and add the moong dal paste.

Cook over a low flame with constant stirring, until the dal turns brown.Add sugar syrup and saffron milk

Stir well till they are thoroughly incorporated and the halwa is of dropping consistency.

Top with chopped nuts and serve warm.

12 comments:

Priya Suresh said...

Delectable halwa, yet to try at home..yummy!

Unknown said...

Wow halwa looks amazing tempting to have that with those nuts yumm.

Raks said...

Hmm..Yummy!I have made once,but not making often coz of its ghee consumption!!

notyet100 said...

mmmmm looks so yum,...

Saraswathy Balakrishnan said...

Delicious halwa..so how u have being my dear?

Unknown said...

Yummy halwa.. looks delicious...

Gita Jaishankar said...

This halwa is new to me...looks very tasty :)

Vidhya said...

I am bookmarking this for Diwali. Let me see whether I can do it:)

Recipeswap said...

Looks wonderful :)

Jaishree Iyer said...

Glad to know you all Like this halwa:) Thank you all for lovely comments:)

Neha said...

My mom always made this on diwali, but as i remember the stirring part was too long n tiersome.., so never thought(read had courage) of making it myself..
but this halwa really tasts yummy..

Sanghi said...

Halwa looks delicious, you can send this to my FIL-ghee sweets event dear!