- Split Green Gram (Mung) Dal-1 ½ cups
- Ghee-1 ½ -2 cups
- Sugar-1 ½ cups
- Cardamom Powder-2 teaspoons
- Mava or khova-1/4 cup
- Milk-1 cup
- Dry Fruits-1/4 cup (Blenched almond, broken cashew nut, pista etc. Whatever you like)
Method:
- Wash and soak the green gram for about 2-3 hours.
- Grind the dal in mixer without adding water.The paste should give you feeling of touching salt in your hand.
- Now heat a tick bottom pan and add ghee in this.
- Put the green gram paste in this and keep steering it.
- In about 20-30 minutes the dal will get cook and ghee will start separating from the paste.
- Once the mixture is cooked it will not stick to pan and colour will turn to light pink colour.
- Now add milk and khova in this and cook by steering it continuously till it is thick again.
- Meanwhile heat another pan and add 1 cup water and sugar in this.
- Boil till you get 1 wire consistency. Add slowly to halwa and keep steering it.
- Add cardamom powder and dry fruits Cook till halwa is thick enough and ghee is separated.
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