Ingredients

• 1.5 cups - Moong Dal, soaked
• 3/4 cup - Mawa, well crumpled
• 1 cup - Sugar
• 1.5 litres - Milk
• 1/2 tsp - Saffron, soaked in a little milk
• 5 pods - Cardamoms, powdered
• 6 tbsp -Ghee

How to Make Plain Moong Dal Ka Halwa

• Grind the moong dal coarsely.
• Heat the ghee and fry the dal till golden. Add milk and cook till the milk has been absorbed.
• Add mawa and cook on a low fire, stirring continuously, till the dal and the mawa are well blended. Remove from the heat and keep aside.
• Make sugar syrup of one thread consistency and add saffron and cardamom powder to it.
• Add the fried dal to the syrup and stir quickly till it mixes well.
• If you like, you can add thin slivers of blanched almonds as well.