Moong Dal Halwa

Main Ingredients
Split green gram skinless (dhuli moong dal),
Cuisine
Hyderabadi
Course
Mithais
Level Of Cooking
Easy
Calories
3364
Carbohydrates
63.3
Protein
386.5
Fat
174
Fibers
Calcium- 723.2

Ingredients

Split green gram skinless (dhuli moong dal) soaked and ground to a coarse paste

Ghee

Gram flour (besan)

Milk

Saffron (kesar)

1 cup
1 cup
1 tablespoon
1 1/2 cups

for garnish

Sugar

Khoya/mawa

Green cardamom powder

Almonds cut into slivers

Chandi ka varq

1 cup
3/4 cup
a pinch
10-12
1 sheet

Method
Step 1

Heat ghee in a non-stick pan. Add gram flour and mix well. Add moong dal, lower heat and mix well.

Step 2

Saut, stirring continuously, till golden brown or for 20-25 minutes.

Step 3

Heat cup milk in a non-stick pan. Add generous pinch of saffron and mix well for 1 minute. Switch off heat.

Step 4

Heat sugar and 1 cup water in another non-stick pan. Cook till sugar dissolves completely.

Step 5

Add saffron milk to moong dal and mix well.

Step 6

Add remaining milk and keep stirring.Add khoya in saffron milk pan, mix and heat for 2 minutes.

Step 7

Add khoya to moong dal mixture alongwith cardamom powder, some almond slivers and sugar syrup.

Step 8

Mix well, cover and cook on low heat for 5 minutes, stirring once a while.Remove lid, mix once. Switch off heat and
transfer in a serving dish.