Moong Dal ka Halwa

Description

• Ethnicity - Central India
• Type of meal - Party, Lunch, Dinner

Ingredients

• 1½ cups moong dal (soaked)
• 1½ litre milk
• 1 cup sugar
• ¾ cup mawa (well crumpled)
• ½ tsp saffron soaked in a little milk
• 5 cardamoms (powdered)
• 6 tbsp ghee

Directions

1. Grind moong dal coarsley.
2. Heat ghee in a thick bottomed dekchi and fry the dal till golden.
3. Add milk and cook till the milk has been absorbed.
4. Add mawa and cook on a low fire, stirring continuously till the dal and the mawa are well blended. Remove from the fire and keep aside.
5. Make sugar syrup of one thread consistency, add saffron and cardamom powder to it.
6. Add the fried dal to the syrup and stir quickly till it mixes well.
7. If you want you can add thin silvers of blanched almonds.