Moong Dal Sheera

Name: Moong Dal Sheera
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 2 persons
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup moong dal (split & yellow); 3/4 cup ghee (approximately); 3 cups milk; 1 cup sugar; 1 tsp cardamom powder; as needed Few strands of saffron (soaked in milk); 7-8 finely sliced almonds

Deepa Rupani @dollopsbydipa

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Cooking is learning process, no matter how old you are, there are many things to learn. Basic cooking, traditional dishes we learn from our elders. It's okay we make experiments & innovation in that recipes but main credit goes always to them.
Today ,I m sharing such traditional recipe which I learnt from my elder sister & it's my favourite too.

Deepa Rupani @dollopsbydipa

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Ingredients

2 hour

2 persons

1 cupmoong dal (split & yellow)
3/4 cupghee (approximately)
3 cupsmilk
1 cupsugar
1 tspcardamom powder
as neededFew strands of saffron (soaked in milk)
7-8finely sliced almonds

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Steps

2 hour

1

Soak moongdal for 4 hours,then drain out water & dry it on cloth for 30 minutes.
2

After it dried,roast it in 1/2 cup ghee until it turns light pink on slow flame. This need patience. It will take about 30-45 minutes.
3

After it roasted, add milk & mix well then pressure cook it for 2 whistles.
4

Now transfer it in non stick pan and cook till milk reduces. Keep stirring continuously.
5

As sugar as milk reduces and cook again, cook until it becomes a lump like mass & leave the sides of pan. At this stage if needed, add ghee.
6

Lastly add saffron, cardamom powder and cook for few minutes. The ghee will start separating means our Sheera is ready. Turn off heat, garnish with almonds & serve hot.