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Moong Dal Halwa Recipe
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By Jean-Luc Moreau, the Technique desk · United States · 1 min ·

Moong Dal Halwa Recipe

Moong Dal Halwa Recipe with step by step pictures. Popular indian dessert recipe made with moong dal.

Ingredients · Servings 4
  • Yellow Split Moong Dal - 1 cup
  • Ghee - 1/2 cup
  • Sugar - 1 cup
  • Milk - 2 cups
  • Cardamom Powder - 1 tsp
  • Saffron a pinch
Method · 40 min
  1. Wash and soak moong dal for 4 hours. Drain it and take it in a blender. puree till smooth.
  2. Take milk, sugar in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil.Turn off the heat and add in saffron and cardamom.
  3. Now heat ghee in a nonstick pan, add the moong dal puree in and mix well.
  4. Cook this and keep stiring and pressing till it gets cooked.
  5. Keep cooking till the mixture gets dry and toasty. It will take around 30 mins.
  6. Now add in milk mixture and mix well. Cook this till it thickens and gets halwa like texture.
  7. Done.

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

How to Make Moong Dal Halwa

  • Cook this and keep stirring and pressing till it gets cooked.

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