Moong dal halwa

Name: Moong dal halwa
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup yellow moong daal; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup ghee; 4 cups water; 10 strands kesar; 4 elaichi or half tsp elaichi powder; 1/2 cup dry fruits (almonds, cashews,pista,kishmish); 100 gms mawa plain

Deepa Totlani @cook_9949827

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This recipe is all time favourite of my family.whenever we have get together or guest coming I often make this.it is little time consuming but at the same time easy too.A lot more better than store bought one.Though time consuming but when u take a bite it's yummilicious

Deepa Totlani @cook_9949827

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Ingredients

6 servings

1 cupyellow moong daal
1 cupsugar
1 cupghee
4 cupswater
10 strandskesar
4elaichi or half tsp elaichi powder
1/2 cupdry fruits (almonds, cashews,pista,kishmish)
100 gmsmawa plain

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Steps

1

Soak daal for 5 to 6 hours.
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Grind in grinder without water. Thick paste.
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In a pan heat water,add sugar,kesar,ellachi powder.
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Cook this mixture till sugar melts.
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Now in heavy bottomed pan heat ghee.
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Once it heats switch off gas.
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Then add daal mixture in it.
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Mix daal and ghee together to make a paste like structure.
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Now switch on the gas and cook on medium flame (bhuno)
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After five mins mixture will change it's colour and become little thick.
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AT this stage add 1 tsp besan.
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Now continue to cook and lower the flame.
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After 10 mins halwa will be like this
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Cook it till 20 to 25 mins approx till it becomes golden and your house is filled with aroma.
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When the daal is cooked it will automatically loosen.(it took 25 mins to achieve this stage)
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Now this is the time to add nuts and mawa.
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Stir for a minute and add water,sugar mixture.
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Cook on high flame till water dries a little and slower the flame
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When gas is slow cover with lid approx five mins so that the ghee is released.
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Serve hot. You can store thus halwa up to 7 days in fridge.
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More ghee You add more is the taste.U can add mawa and dry fruits after adding water.