Chana dal halwa (split gram porridge)

• Servings:4-6
• Boiling time: 13-15 minutes.
• Preparation time:2 minutes.
• Frying time: 20-25 minutes.
• Total time: 42 minutes.

Traditional mugalai halwa “Chana dal halwa (split gram porridge)” is rich in protein; very good for kids and everyone, delicious and healthy;

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Ingredients:

• Chana dal (split Bengal gram): 1 cup
• Water: 2 cup
• Sugar: 1 cup
• Khoa: 1 cup
• Cashew nut: 15-20 no.
• Raisin: 20 gm
• Fresh coconut: one forth
• Green cardamom: 4-5
• Ghee: half cup

Preparation:

1. Boil dal in the pressure cooker on high flame; bring to full cooking pressure, reduce to low flame and cook for 10 minutes, allow cooker to cool and open.
2. Strain dal with strainer to separate extra water from dal; let it cool and grind coarsely, keep aside.
3. Grate coconut, keep aside.

Method:

1. heat ghee in a fry pan or heavy bottom pan; add cashew nut, fry for few seconds, add raisin. Take it out in a separate plate. Keep aside.
2. Add ground dal into fry pan; fry on medium flame for about 8-10 minutes  or until all water dried up and fragrance is coming from it, add sugar cook on medium flame for about 5-7 minutes.
3. Add half of the cashew nut, raisin, fresh grated coconut and left over ghee; fry till liquid dries up, add, Khoa,  continue to fry  for 3-4 minutes or until halwa consistency come.
4. Garnish with cardamom powder and remaining dry fruits.
5. Delicious “Chana dal halwa (split gram porridge)” is ready to serve.

Chana dal halwa (split gram porridge) by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.