MOONG DAL HALWA

INGREDIENTS :-


Moong dal - 1 cup
Almonds - 1 1/4 cup
Sugar - 2 1/4 cup
Ghee - 1/4 cup
Saffron - 1 pinch
Cardamom - 4 count
Milk - 1 cup


METHOD :-


1. Soak moong dal in water for 3 hours and soak almonds in water overnight.
2. Pressure cook the moong dal with little water, or else you can boil 1 1/2 cups of water and add soaked moongdal and cook till the dal gets mashed. While cooking, add water if necessary.
3. Peel the skin off the almonds and grind it by adding milk little by little till they become a fine paste.
4. Grind the cooked moong dal separately to a fine paste.
5. In a deep bottomed vessel, add sugar and little water(1/4 cup) till the sugar gets wet and heat it.
6. When the sugar syrup starts boiling and beginning to become viscose, add the almond paste, followed by moong dal paste.
7. Add 1/2 cup of milk and keep on stirring to avoid lumps.
8. Add ghee and keep stirring. soak saffron in a tbsp of milk.
9. After 10 mins, add the saffron and cardamon and keep stirring till it becomes a smooth paste.
10. Turn off the stove and keep stirring for 5 mins.
11. Transfer it to a serving bowl.
12. Cut it into your desired shape.