Moong Dal Halwa Recipe with step by step pictures. Popular indian dessert recipe made with moong dal.
Moong Dal Halwa Recipe
Moong dal halwa is one of my favourite. It is delicious and pretty easy to make. The only hard task is keep on stirring, you can never step away from the pan when you are toasting moong dal, else it may gets stuck or burn or form lumps.
Moong Dal Halwa Ingredients
- Yellow Split Moong Dal - 1 cup
- Ghee - ½ cup
- Sugar - 1 cup
- Milk - 2 cups
- Cardamom Powder - 1 tsp
- Saffron a pinch
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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.
How to Make Moong Dal Halwa
- Wash and soak moong dal for 4 hours. Drain it and take it in a blender. puree till smooth.
- Take milk, sugar in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil.Turn off the heat and add in saffron and cardamom.
- Now heat ghee in a nonstick pan, add the moong dal puree in and mix well.
- Cook this and keep stirring and pressing till it gets cooked.
- Keep cooking till the mixture gets dry and toasty. It will take around 30 mins.
- Now add in milk mixture and mix well. Cook this till it thickens and gets halwa like texture.
- Done.
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Moong Dal Halwa Recipe | Moong Dal Ka Halwa Recipe
Ingredients
- Yellow Split Moong Dal - 1 cup
- Ghee - ½ cup
- Sugar - 1 cup
- Milk - 2 cups
- Cardamom Powder - 1 tsp
- Saffron a pinch
Instructions
- Wash and soak moong dal for 4 hours. Drain it and take it in a blender. puree till smooth.
- Take milk, sugar in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil.Turn off the heat and add in saffron and cardamom.
- Now heat ghee in a nonstick pan, add the moong dal puree in and mix well.
- Cook this and keep stiring and pressing till it gets cooked.
- Keep cooking till the mixture gets dry and toasty. It will take around 30 mins.
- Now add in milk mixture and mix well. Cook this till it thickens and gets halwa like texture.
- Done.
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Moong Dal Halwa Step by Step
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| Wash dal well |
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| cover with water and soak for 4 hours |
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| now it is soaked |
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| take it in a blender |
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| puree till smooth |
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| now it is done |
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| take sugar in a sauce pan |
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| add milk |
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| bring it to a boil |
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| take it off the heat and add in cardamom powder |
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| add saffron |
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| heat ghee in a pan |
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| add moong dal mix in and stir well |
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| keep mixing and keep stirring |
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| continue cooking |
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| keep pressing so no lumps is formed |
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| mix well |
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| when you keep on stirring the dal will get toasty |
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| like this |
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| now it is done |
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| add in milk mix |
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| mix well |
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| bring it to a boil and cook |
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| keep cooking |
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| cook till it thickens |
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| like a halwa |
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| Serve |
Anonymous
Can we pressure cook the dal instead of grinding..
Anonymous
Very tempting! Neatly presented with step by step pictures.
Vikas
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