Moong dal halwa recipe (मूंग दाल हलवा रेसिपी) is one of the very popular and rich halwa recipes from Indian cuisine. It is often prepared on celebratory or festive occasions like holi, diwali, marriages and many parties etc.
A perfect, mouth-watering, aromatic shiny and pretty Moong Dal Halwa loaded with lots of protein and calcium, made with yellow split moong dal, ghee, sugar, milk, nuts and flavoured with cardamom powder.
Genrally, people have the perception that making Moong dal Halwa at home is a tedious job. But, when you will watch our recipe video, you will find that it is pretty easy to make this yummy recipe.
- 250 gm Yellow Moong Lentils
- 200 ml Ghee or Clarified Butter
- 250 ml Milk
- 250 ml Water
- 250 gm Sugar
- 1 tsp Cardamom Powder
- 2 tbsp Almond (Chips, to garnish halwa)
- Soak yellow moong lentils overnight.
- Drain in morning and grind to make coarse paste.
- Heat ghee in a non-stick kadahi.
- Add moong dal paste to it and cook on medium flame until golden yellow.
- It will take approximately 20 minutes. We need to stir it continuously till the raw aroma of moong lentils go away completely.
- Meanwhile, mix water, milk and sugar in a separate pan and boil on another stove.
- You can also add few threads of saffron in milk for additional flavor.
- Add hot milk in half cooked halwa.
- Stir for 2 minutes to let it mix properly with the paste. If lumps are forming, then break the lumps to make halwa with nice texture.
- Cook it on low flame and stir often until the liquid absorbed by the paste completely and ghee starts to separate from the sides.
- Nice golden brown colored moong dal halwa is ready which is very appealing to the eyes and is very tasty to eat.
- Add cardamom powder and mix well.
- Serve this delicious moong dal halwa hot and garnish it with almond chips.
- This moong dal halwa can last upto a week if refrigerated.
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