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Moong dal halwa is a very popular north Indian recipe. This is a simply rich and delicious recipe. It is generally prepared on many festival occasions. Do try this recipe at home and drop a comment for me. You also can like, share and subscribe.

Moong Dal Halwa - Hindi Recipe

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Nutrition facts: 200 Calories 20 grams Fat

Rating: 5.0/5

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Ingredients

1/2 cup Moong dal
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Ghee
125 gm Khoya / Mawa (Optional)
Cashew nuts
Raisins
1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
1 cup Milk

Instructions

Wash moong dal really good with water 2-3 times well with water.
Soak the moong dal in enough water for at least 3 hours.
Drain the water and transfer the moong dal into a blender pot.
Close the lid and blend the dal into a coarse paste in mixer.
Heat up ghee in a pan.
When ghee is a little hot add cashew nuts and fry them a little.
When cashew nuts begin to get light golden color add raisins.
When raisins and cashew nuts get fried well take them out into a bowl.
In the same ghee add blended moong dal and mix well.
Roast on medium heat for about 15-20 minutes until it gets nice golden color and begins to dry up.
Stir continuously while roasting.
Add hot milk and mix well.
Continue to cook until all the milk is absorbed into dal.
Add sugar, khoya and mix well.
Adding khoya is optional. You can completely skip khoya if you don’t want.
Add fried cashew nuts, raisins and mix well.
Cook until sugar melts.
Add cardamom powder and mix well.
Turn off the gas and moong dal halwa is already.