Quick Moong Dal Halwa

Ingredients list for Quick Moong Dal Halwa

• 1 cup Moong dal
• 3/4 cup Sugar
• 1/4 cup Ghee
• 1-2 tablespoons Full fat milk powder
• 2 tablespo for garnish Cashewnuts chopped
• 2 tablespo for garnish Almonds chopped
• 2 tablespo to garnish Pistachios blanchedand slivered
• Green cardamom powder for sprinkling
• Dried crushed rose petals for garnish

Method

1. Heat a non-stick pan, add moong dal and dry roast till golden brown. Transfer it into a bowl and let it cool.
2. Put the roasted dal in a mixer jar and grind to a coarse powder.
3. Heat ghee in the same non-stick pan, add the dal powder, mix and sauté, stirring continuously, for 3-4 minutes. Meanwhile, heat 1 cup water in another pan and let it come to a boil.
4. Add milk powder to the moong dal mixture and mix well. Add the boiling water, mix and cook stirring continuously till smooth .
5. Add sugar and mix well. Add cashewnuts, almonds and pistachios and mix well.Cook, stirring continuously, for 10 minutes or till ghee separates. Take the pan off the heat.
6. Pack the halwa tightly into a bowl and upturn it on a serving plate. Garnish with almonds, pistachios slivers and cashewnuts. Sprinkle green cardamom powder and crushed dried rose petals. Serve hot.