Step-by-step
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firstly, rinse the moong dal and soak for 2 hours.
2
drain off the water and transfer to a blender.
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blend to a slightly coarse paste adding water if required. keep aside.
4
in a large kadai heat ½ cup ghee and add 1 tbsp rava.
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roast on low flame until the rava turns aromatic. adding rava helps to give good texture to halwa.
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now add in prepared moong dal paste and mix well.
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keeping the flame on medium, mix until the moong dal absorbs the ghee.
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continue to cook breaking the lumps.
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cook until the mixture turns crumble and grainy texture. after 20 minutes, the mixture turns crisp.
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now add 2 cup milk, few saffron. you can alternatively use water or milk and water combination.
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stir continuously, until the mixture absorbs all the milk.
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the mixture will start to hold shape leaving the kadai.
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now add 1 cup sugar and mix well.
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the sugar starts to melt and turns the mixture watery.
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continue to cook on low flame breaking lumps in between.
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cook until the mixture starts to separate the ghee and turns golden brown. take approximately 60 minutes.
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now add 5 cashew, 5 almond and ½ tsp cardamom powder. mix well.
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finally, enjoy moong dal halwa garnished with more nuts.
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Notes
- firstly, make sure to cook the halwa on low to medium flame else the dal will change colour without getting cooked well.
- also, you can add a pinch of food colour to prepare halwai style halwa.
- additionally, adding milk helps to enhance the flavour of sheera. you can also add khowa to make it richer.
- finally, moong dal halwa recipe tastes great when prepared with homemade ghee.
Original recipe by Hebbar’s Kitchen: https://hebbarskitchen.com/moong-dal-halwa-moong-dal-sheera/