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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Ashoka halwa / Moong dal halwa




Ashoka halwa is a wonderful dessert or sweet to have...it's a traditional sweet made in lot of houses during festive season.It is made of moong dal, an easy recipe tooo. Try this yummy halwa .. 

Ingredients:


  • Moong dal - 1cup
  • Sugar-11/2cup
  • Ghee - 1/4 cup
  • Cardamom powder- 1 tsp
  • Yellow food color - required
  • Milk- 1/4 cup
  • Water


Method:


  • Wash and cook moong dal with water in pressure cooker for 7 whistles, until it becomes like paste.
  • Heat a pan, add sugar and water 1/2 cup and allow it to dissolve and it becomes little sticky.
  • Take the cooked dal and mix it well. If it is not boiled well. Grind them into a paste in mixer.
  • Heat another pan, add few tsps of ghee, add the moong dal paste and fry till the moong dal absorbs the ghee. 
  • Now ad the milk and allow it to boil till no lumps are formed. 
  • Add sugar syrup little by little and stir continuously. Check that there are no lumps.
  • Add the food color and stir well.
  • Stir occasionally till the paste becomes thick.
  • Add ghee little and stir well.
  • When all the excess milk and water is absorbed and it came to the halwa consistency, pour the remaining ghee and mix .
  • Add cardamom powder and mix well.






Yummilicious halwa is ready to dig...
















6 comments:

  1. Looks very delicious and inviting clicks too.

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  2. very very inviting and delicious halwa !!

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  3. This is one of the family favorite dishes for me!!! Lovely texture...

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