Moong Dal Ka Halwa
Make a delicious halwa from Dhuli Moong Dal, sugar, milk, chopped nuts, saffron, and cardamom.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Moong Dal
- 1/2 cup Desi Ghee
- Saffron Milk with Saffron strands & milk
- 1 tbsp chopped cashews
- 1 tbsp chopped almonds
- 1 tbsp raisins
- 1/2 liter Full-fat Milk
- 1 tsp Green cardamom powder
- 1 cup Sugar
- Garnish with Desi ghee chopped nuts & dry fruits.
Instructions
- To make Moong Dal Halwa at home, first take 1 cup of Moong Dal. This is the same dal used to make Khichdi.
- Now, pour water in the bowl and wash the Dal properly 3-4 times.
- Now, soak the Dal in water and cover the bowl with a lid. Keep it aside for 4 hours
- After 4 hours, check the Dal. You can see that the Dal has almost doubled in quantity as it has swelled after soaking.
- Place a fine sieve over a bowl. Pour the dal over and sieve it properly to remove any excess moisture.
- Now, add the Dal to a grinder and grind it without adding any water. In between, you can mix with a spoon and grind again till you get the thick paste-like texture as shown below.
- Now, let’s make the Halwa, take a Kadai or a Pan, and pour 1/2 cup of Desi Ghee. Don’t turn on the flame yet.
- Now, add the Mung Dal Paste to the Kadai, and turn on the flame.
- Now, mix and stir the mixture and roast on a low flame. Roasting the Halwa takes more than 30 minutes, so be prepared.
- In the meantime, take milk in a small bowl, and mix a few saffron strands into the milk. Keep it aside so that while we roast the Halwa, it also leaves the flavor.
- Now, you can see that, after mixing and roasting for a few minutes, the mixture has spread well and there are no large lumps. However, if lumps occur, you can turn off the flame and grind the mixture.
- Here, roasting for a few more minutes, the mixture has become fine and granular in texture, and the color has changed to light brown.
- Now, add 1 tbsp chopped cashews and almonds, and also some kishmish. Mix with the mixture and roast them with it.
- As you can see below, Dal and nuts have roasted well; you need to roast them till they get the color as shown below. You will also get to know how long to roast, as it releases a really nice aroma.
- Now, turn off the flame, mix for a minute, and then add 1/2 liter of Full-fat Milk.
- After adding the milk, turn on the flame, and add a tsp of Green cardamom powder.
- Next, add the saffron milk that we kept aside.
- Now, stir and mix well, and roast the mixture on low to medium heat till the mixture absorbs the milk.
- As the mixture thickens, add 1 cup of Sugar. Stir and mix well. After adding the Sugar, the mixture will become slightly thinner again. We need to stir continuously now.
- As we stir continuously, the mixture will thicken.
- We need to stir and roast the Halwa until the Halwa gets the perfect thick consistency, and starts leaving the Pan.
- Next, add 1 tbsp of Desi Ghee. Mix well.
- The Moong Dal ka Halwa is ready now.
- We will garnish it with Ghee, chopped nuts & dry fruits, and silver vark.
- Enjoy the delicious Halwa.