Moong Daal Halwa

Ingredients 

For 2 servings:

  • Moong daal 1/2 cup
  • Ghee 1/4 cup (or 4 Tbsp)
  • Suji 2 Tbsp
  • Mawa or milk powder 1/4 cup (or 3/4 cup whole milk)
  • Sugar 1/2 cup
  • Water 1 cup for soaking and 1 cup for sugar syrup
  • Elaichi (cardamom) powder 1/2 tsp
  • Kesar 3 strands 
  • Raw or Unsalted Roasted slivers of cashew, pistachios, or almonds (1 Tbsp mix).

For 4 servings:

  • Moong daal 1 cup
  • Ghee 1/2 cup
  • Suji 4 Tbsp
  • Mawa or milk powder 1/2 cup (or 1.5 cups whole milk)
  • Sugar 1 cup
  • Water 2 cups for soaking and 2 cups for sugar syrup
  • Elaichi (cardamom) powder 1 tsp
  • Kesar 5 strands 
  • Raw or Unsalted Roasted slivers of cashew, pistachios, or almonds (2 Tbsp mix).  


Method

Either soak moong daal for 2 hrs in water, then drain water and grind to a paste;
Or, wash and dry roast moong daal and then grind to a coarse powder 

Pan 1:

  1. Roast suji in 2 Tbsp ghee, until it changes color, don't brown it.
  2. Add the daal paste, and keep mixing until water evaporates.
  3. Slowly add ghee and keep mixing. Ghee will get abosrbed, but then keep mixing/cooking until ghee separation happens and mixture becomes liquidy. 
  4. Add mawa and keep mixing

Pan 2:

  • On Medium heat add sugar, water and elaichi powder until sugar dissolves.
  • Add kesar and wait for 1 min 

Pour content of Pan 2 to Pan 1. Continue to mix and cook for 5-7 minutes,  then turn off heat and let it cool. Mixture will get drier as it cools. 

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