Thiruvaiyaru Asoka Halwa

Name: Thiruvaiyaru Asoka Halwa
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Moong dal; 1/4 cup wheat flour; 1 and 1/2 cup sugar; 1 cup Ghee; a pinch Kesar (saffron) or food colour(orange or red); 1 tsp cardamom/ Elaichi powder; 15-20 cashewnuts

Gayatri Balaji @gayatri100

Thiruvaiyaru Asoka Halwa

Gayatri Balaji @gayatri100

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Ingredients

1 cupMoong dal
1/4 cupwheat flour
1 and 1/2 cup sugar
1 cupGhee
a pinchKesar (saffron) or food colour(orange or red)
1 tspcardamom/ Elaichi powder
15-20cashewnuts

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Steps

1

Heat a tsp of ghee in a kadai and roast the moong dal till raw smell goes.Let it cool down.
2

Now add 1/2 cup water to moong dal and pressure cook for 2 whistles and keep it aside.
3

In same kadai add wheat flour and lightly roast or heat it and transfer it to a plate.
4

Pour little ghee in kadai and add cooked smashed dal.Then add sugar.
5

After adding sugar mix will become little watery as sugar starts melting.Now add the roasted wheat flour,cardomom powder and kesar or food colour and mix well without lumps.
6

Add the remaining ghee and keep stirring continuously.
7

In a small pan add little ghee and fry cashewnuts.Add the fried cashewnuts to the kadai and mix well.
8

Stir well till it becomes a non sticky paste and ghee starts coming up from edge of kadai.This is the correct stage now remove the kadai from stove.
9

Halwa is ready.Enjoy the. delicious Asoka Halwa.