Recipe- Winter Special Moong Dal Halwa

Moong dal halwa recipe, super easy to make Indian dessert recipe of Moong ki dal ka halwa for winters. A rich Indian dessert recipe that is I often cook for special occasions and this also makes delicious festive dessert. If you love traditional desserts this moong dal halwa is an easy recipe to start with.

Ingredients

½ cup Moong Dal
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Water
4-5 Small Cardamom
Kesar
1 cup Ghee
1 tablespoon Rava
1 tablespoon Besan

Method

- Moong dal halwa is an easy but laborious process to make. First wash the moong dal with fresh water and then soak it in water for 4-5 hours.

- After 4-5 hours, drain the excess water using a mesh strainer and grind the moong dal to a coarse paste.

- After that, make sugar syrup for the halwa. Heat a pan and add 1 cup of sugar in it, after that add 1 cup of water and 4 small cardamom in it.

- Sprinkle some kesar in the water and allow it to boil. Keep stirring the sugar syrup until the sugar is dissolved in the water.

- Turn off the heat and keep it aside.

- After that take a pan and add 1 cup of ghee in it. After that add 1 tablespoon of rava and a tablespoon of besan in it.

- When the besan starts to roast add the coarse masoor dal paste in it.Now, in Slow Heat cook the halwa.

- Remember that we will cook the halwa in slow heat unless it's cooking.

- Keep stirring the paste continuously for 30 mins. While stirring keep pressing the halwa down with your spatula to cook the halwa from inside.

- Keep stirring regularly otherwise lumps will form in the halwa.

- Cook, stir and press the halwa until it is golden brown and you can see the ghee is separating itself from the halwa.

- After that add sugar syrup and cook for another 4-5 minutes.

- Add some pistachio and almonds on it and serve hot.