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Moong Dal Ki Kheer

A roasted moong dal and rice sweet cooked in coconut milk garnished with fried cashewnuts. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

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Main Ingredients Rice, Split Green Gram Skinless
Cuisine Maharashtrian
Course Desserts
Prep Time 16-20 minutes
Cook time 26-30 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Sweet
Level of Cooking Moderate
Others Veg
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Ingredients list for Moong Dal Ki Kheer

  • 3/4 cup Rice
  • 1/4 cup Split Green Gram Skinless
  • 2 tablespoons Desi ghee
  • 5-6 Cashewnuts halved
  • 1/2 Coconut scraped
  • 1 cup Jaggery (gur)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Green cardamom powder

Method

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  1. Wash rice and drain thoroughly. Heat one teaspoon of ghee in a kadai and roast moong dal till lightly browned. Heat one more teaspoon of ghee in the same kadai and fry cashewnut halves till lightly browned.
  2. Cook rice and roasted moong dal in four cups of water till soft. Meanwhile grind scraped coconut with one cup of water and extract thick milk. Add grated jaggery to the rice-dal mixture and simmer till all the jaggery has dissolved.
  3. Add coconut milk and cardamom powder and mix well. Cook stirring continuously till the mixture begins to boil. Take off the heat immediately. Garnish with fried cashewnuts and serve at room temperature.

Nutrition Info

Calories 1811
Carbohydrates 295.7
Protein 27.6
Fat 57.5
Other Fiber 11.6gm