Moong Dal Halwa
- December 31, 2020
- Posted by Dr. Vaidya Karanvir Singh
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Clean the moong dal and soak it in water for four hours. Now drain the excess water and grind the lentils in the grinder. Add a tablespoon of warm milk and saffron, keep it aside. Now take a non stick pan and heat the ghee in it on low heat. Now add the moong dal mixture and cook for 25 minutes on medium heat.
When the aroma of rawness has stopped, understand that the lentils are cooked. Add milk and one cup of hot water to it and stir for ten minutes. Now mix sugar and cook. After this, add cardamom powder and saffron mixture mixed in milk. Remove from gas and serve chopped almonds from above.
Moong Dal Halwa is a recipe made in North India. You can do this to sweeten your mouth after eating food. It is also made at weddings and parties. So let’s know how to make Moong Dal Halwa –
Material –
- Moong Dal (without peel) – 100 grams,
- Ghee – 100 grams,
- Mawa (khova) – 100 grams,
- Sugar – 150 grams,
- Cashew – 15 (chopped),
- Cardamom – 4 (ground),
- Almonds – 5-6 (cut into length)
Take the moong dal without peeling. Soak in water for 2-3 hours. After soaking, remove the water and grind it in the grinder. Coarsely grind the lentils. Now heat a pan and add ghee. Then add the ground moong dal to it and stir it with a spoon. Keep stirring it until the ghee is released from the lentils. Once the lentils are roasted, take them out of the pan.
Now put the mawa in a pan and fry it. Then add roasted lentils and mix.
Add sugar and water in a pan to make syrup. After making the syrup, add roasted lentils and mava mixture to it. After roasting for 3-4 minutes, add cashew and powdered cardamom powder to it. Now remove the halwa in the serving plate and garnish it with the chopped almonds. Now your moong dal pudding is ready.
Urad daal Halwa
Material
- Urad Dal powder-2
- Ghee – 2 1/2 cup
- Lukewarm milk – 1/2 cup
- Khoya – 1 3/4 wk
- Gum – 2 tablespoons
- That shamish – 1/4 k
- Cashew – 1/3 cup
- Whole almonds – 1/2 cup
- Finely chopped pistachios – 2 tsp
- Dry ginger – 4 tablespoons
- Cardamom Powder – 2 teaspoons
- Cinnamon Powder – 2 tsp
- Clove powder – 2 teaspoons ● black pepper
- Powder – 1 1/2 teaspoons
- Almond-pistachios – for garnish
- For sugar syrup – sugar and water
Method
First fry the gum lightly in ghee and coarsely grind it. Sieve the urad dal powder and add a small amount of ghee and lukewarm milk to it and knead it. Knead the mixture in this manner for eight to ten minutes and then keep it covered for three hours. After three hours, keep this mixture between the palms and mix it well. Now heat one cup of water in the pan and add sugar as needed and prepare a string syrup.
Put the urad dal mixture in a pan and cook on medium heat. Add khoya and mix and cook. While adding ghee in between, fry the mixture till it smells good. Now add roasted dry fruits to the pan and mix. Add glue and mix. Keep the flame low or medium. Finally, add all the spices and cook for a while and turn off the gas. After about a minute add sugar syrup to this mixture and mix. Put this mixture in a plate and spread it well and leave it overnight. Garnish the mixture with the chopped almond-pistachios in the morning. You can keep it in the fridge for a month.
Dr. Vaidya Karanvir Singh is the younger Vaidya in Chandigarh Ayurved & Panchakarma Centre. He is the fourth generation in his family who is practicing as a general consultant in Ayurved & Panchakarma treatment at Chandigarh. In his practice, he had treated more than 1 Lakh Plus patients worldwide.