MOONG DAAL HALWA

MOONG DAAL HALWA

INGREDIENTS
Green split lentils without skin      1 cup
Ghee                                  3/4 cup
Milk                                  8 tbsp
Saffron                               12-15 strands
Khoya                                 150gms
sugar                                 3/4cups
Green Cardamoms                       8
Almonds                               4tbsp blanched and sliced
Pistachios                            4tbsp blanched and sliced

METHODS
1.Soak lentils overnight. Drain and grind coarsely.
2.Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed kadhai(wok) and saute the coarselyground daal on a
low heat till light golden brown. Stir very often. This will help the daal to cook
evenly,  avoid sticking to the pan, and will avoid lump formation.
3.In another pan, boil 2 cups of water, add sugar and cardamom. When it starts
boiling, simmer the syrup for 15 minutes.
4. Remove cardamoms and add the syrup to daal. Saute on low heat till the liquid
starts drying up and the halwa starts leaving the sides of the kadai.Add 1 cup of
boiling water and saute till the halwa rolls away from the sides of the pan and forms a ball.
5.Add saffron dissolved in milk and half of the nuts.
6. Add grated or crumbled khoya. Cook for 3-4 minutes.
7. Garnish with the other half of pistachios and almonds.
8. Servi hot.