Rajasthani Moong Dal Halwa, How to prepare Moong Dal Ka Halwa

Hi friends, how are you all.. I am back after small break with Rajasthani delicacy dessert "Moong Dal Halwa".  Every state has its own signature recipes, this recipe is North Indian popular dessert that is prepared during winter season and on festivals like holi, diwali etc.. It is lentil(yellow split mung lentil) based dessert prepared by soaking, grinding and frying. Are you thinking it as very simple ?? the process looks bit simple but lots of work to your hands which i experienced. But the out come is heavenly it is melt mouth and nutty dessert that i was not able to stop with 1 cup. Moong dal is also know as pesara pappu in telugu, hesaru bele in kannada, pasi paruppu in tamil.

 I prepared this sweet in my mom's place when my kastu pedamma(mom's sis) came home. She helped me in stirring 😂 , as it takes lots of time to stir mainly when you are not using non stick kadai. This is first time i am preparing this recipe, i learned this halwa from Dassana Amit. What we need to do to get perfect moong dal halwa is patience and lots of ghee. The taste of halwa depends on the ghee and how it fried. Let's start recipe..

Taking this delectable and mouth melting "Rajasthani Moong Dal Halwa" to Shhhhh Secretly Cooking Challenge fb group started by Priya of Priyas Versatile Recipes and taken further till date by Mayuri she blogs at Mayuris jikoni.  Here admins will select one Indian state in alphabetical order. And they pick pairs for theme, pairs will share 2 ingredients, using that ingredients we will prepare recipe and post it in group album. Other group members will guess the secret ingredient.

  For this July month we are all cooking Rajasthani cuisine, and my partner for this month is Poonam Bachhav, she blogs at Annapurna. She is a wonderful and talented chef, recently she won "super Chef" cooking competition conducted by Tata Sampann and also got chance to meet  chef "Sanjeev Kapoor" 😍. I learned many recipes from her, do visit her blog where you can find different traditional, regional, authentic and fusion recipe.As I was busy in mom's place thought to prepare easy sweet recipe, so Poonam gave me ghee and raisins I prepared this moong dal halwa with those ingredients. In turn i gave ginger and turmeric as two secret ingredients she prepared  "Gatte Ka Sabji/ Gram Flour Dumplings in Spicy Yogurt Gravy", it looks very delicious with awsome presentation. Do check her blog.. 
     

                                        

                      Rajasthani Moong  Dal Halwa

Soak Time : 3 hours
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time : 30  minutes
Serves : 4 people 
Category : Desserts / Regional 
Recipe Cuisine: Rajasthani
Main ingredient: Moong dal, ghee
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients

moong dal / yellow split mung lentils - 1 cup
sugar - 3/4 th cup
ghee - 3/4 th  cup
milk - 1 cup
water - 2 cups
cashew nuts - 10
raisins - 10
elachi - 4

Instructions

1) Wash moong dal in water well and soak it in enough water for minimum 3 hrs.

2) Remove excess water and grind to smooth paste by adding little amount of water.

3) Take a wide kadai (non stick pan is preferred), add 4 tsp of ghee fry cashew nuts till it changes golden color  take it into plate then fry raisins till it becomes fluffy take it into plate.(**check tips)

3) Now add moong dal paste to the above and stir it well.

4) At starting moong dal looks like paste as shown below, you need to keep on stir by adding ghee in middle, it absorbs ghee quickly.

5) Mean while boil milk by adding sugar and elachi powder in it. As elachi powder readily not available at home i grind sugar + elachi and added it in milk.  

6) After stirring minimum 20 minutes our moong dal paste came to granule consistency and also starts changing color and you will get nice aroma now.

7) Now add boiled milk to the above fried moong dal and mix it well by mixing well, as milk is hot be careful while adding .

8) Mix the above milk and moong dal well till moong dal absorbs milk and becomes thick. Then add fried nuts, raisins and remaing ghee mix it well.

That's it Rajasthani dessert moong dal halwa is ready to serve. 

Tips

** Using non stick kadai will reduce your stirring work, if you are using normal kadai then keep stirring on low to medium flame otherwise dal will stick to kadai.

** You can use almonds and pistachios for garnishing.

** You can also adjust the quantity of ghee as per available. But adding good amount of ghee will enhance its taste.

** Be careful while adding hot milk to the fried dal.

** I used 3/4 rth of sugar, adjust sweet as per your taste.


Also check other sweet recipes by clicking the link below pic..

                              

                                    Besan Ladoo 

               

                             Pineapple Sheera 

                          Sweet Pongal

Rava Ladoo

                  Sabudana Coconut Ladoo

               Atukula Payasam/Poha Kheer 

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Chocolate Stuffed Ponganalu || paniyyaram, how to prepare chocolate stuffed appe with idli batter

Today's recipe is very yummy , crispy and chocolaty - Chocolate stuffed ponganalu / Apee / Paniyaram with idli batter . It is one of the easy snack prepared with idli batter or dosa batter or even with instant rava mix, i prefer idli batter as we will get very crispy appe/ponganalu and this crispy stay long time compared to dosa batter. It is the best evening snack for your kids after coming from school with chocolate milk. Best combination is chocolate stuffed appe with chocolate syrup  and glass of hot or cold chocolate milk surely they will love and enjoy it😍😋. Idli batter prepared with urad dal/  split skinned black gram and idli rava. For stuffing i used fresh coconut, finely chopped cashew nuts, badam, choco chips, chocolate powder and cocoa powder. Instead of oil use ghee which not only adds flavor, taste it is also healthy. Do not bother if you do not have choco chips, cocoa and chocolate powder, you can just add the chocolate syrup which we  can also get in small sachets or any use any chocolates like dairy milk. 

               
                        Chocolate stuffed ponganalu/ Appe

Preparation Time : 10 minutes

Cook Time : 15 minutes

Serves : 12 pieces

Category : Snacks

Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Main ingredients : Idli batter, chocolate 

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients

idli batter - 2 cups
fresh grated coconut - 1 cup
cashew nuts - 5
almonds- 5
choco chips - 1 tsp
cocoa powder - 1 tsp
chocolate powder -2 tsp
sugar - 2 tsp
vanilla essence - 3 drops or elachi powder - 1/2 tsp
ghee - 1/4 cup
salt - pinch

Instructions

1) Take ready to cook (fermented) idli batter, add pinch of salt, 3 drops of vanilla extract or elachi powder and mix it well.

2) Grate or scrap fresh coconut and finely chop nuts and keep it ready.

3) Heat a pan with two 1 tsp of ghee add coconut fry till it changes color then add sugar fry till it melt and combine with coconut.

4) Take the above into cup and let it cool, then add cocoa, chocolate powder, chocochips and mix everything well.

5) divide the mixture into small ball and keep it ready.

6) Heat the appe / ponganala pan with 1/8 tsp of ghee, spread the ghee by holding its handle, then pour some batter with spoon.

7) Now place chocolate ball in the middle of batter and pour some batter on it .

8) Repeat the same process for remaining batter close the lid cook kit for a minute on low flames. Now brush some ghee on appe, it is optional.

9) Now using fork or spoon turn the appe otherside and cook it without closing the lid.

That 's it ponganalu/appe/paniyaramm is ready to serve.

Serve these hot appe with chocolate syrup and chocolate milk or chocolate milk shake.

Tips

** You can use idli batter or dosa batter to prepare this , i prefer idli batter prepared using idli rava as it stay crispy for long time. 

** You can also use instant rava batter too.

** Adding vanilla essence/ extract will adds good flavour to the outer part of appe. If it is not available use elachi powder.

** You can use cocoa powder or chocolate powder or chocolate syrup or even cadbury chocolate as per availability.

** Instead of ghee you can use oil but ghee adds good flavor and taste to appe.

** Instead of sugar you can use jaggery too.

** Serve hot to make it more tasty serve it with chocolate syrup.


Taking this recipe to  #FoodiesMondayBlogHop fb group, for today's #202 week theme  #KuchMeethaHoJaye  suggested by Renu she blogs at Cookwithrenu. Do check her blog for delicious and amazing recipe from different regions.
                                     
Also check other  related recipes by clicking the link below pic..

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                    Rava / Semolina Pizza

                           
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Punjabi Kadhi, Pakodi Majjiga Pulusu, How to prepare Punjabi Kadhi-Pakodi Kadhi

Today's post is  punjab's popular Khadi called as " Punjabi Khadi". It is very tasty and soulful recipe with pakodi's in rich flavoured yogurt. It is very delicious meal which we can have it with hot rice or with pulka's, i had it with rice 😋.  We Telugu ppl to prepare this  khadi popularly known as " pakodi majjiga pulusu" with small variations. We can add different varities of fritters like onion fritters/pakodi's, vegetable fritters, gatee pakodi/ lentil based fritters, today i prepared onion pakodi's/ fritters. Gravy is prepared with sour curd, gram flour and masala's. When you fed up with daily routine like dal, sambar, rasam(pappu, chaaru) try this khadi surely your family would love to have it 😍.

      If you like the crunchy taste of pakodi's in kadhi then add it in gravy before you serve. If you have left pakodi's which you prepared for your lunch , then no probs you can prepare this kadhi. Firstly we prepare yogurt and besan mixture then prepare onion pakodi's  later prepare gravy and add this fritters. I checked recipe here, it helped me to get perfect taste. 

                                Punjabi Kadhi

Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Cook Time : 30 minutes
Serves : 4 people 
Category : Currys / Regional 
Recipe Cuisine: Punjabi
Main ingredient:Yogurt, Gram flour/ besan
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients

For Kadhii mixture

sour curd - 1 cup

water - 2 cup(adjust)

gram flour/ besan - 5 tsp

turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp

garam masala - 1/2 tsp
salt as per taste

For onion pakodi

onion - 2(rougly chopped)

curry leaves - 1 sprig(optional)

gram flour/ besan - 1 cup

red chilli powder - 3/4 tsp(adjust)

turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

ajwain seeds - 1/2 tsp

salt as per taste

oil to deep fry

For  punjabi kadhii

oil - 3 tsp

onion - 1 

ginger -1 inch

green chilli - 2

red chilli - 2

curry leaves - 1 sprig

cumin seeds - 1 tsp

fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp

hing - 1 pinch
coriander leaves - 1 tsp

Instructions

1) Take sour curd in a bowl, whisk it well. Now add gram flour, turmeric , red chilli powder, garam masala powder, salt mix it well and keep it aside.

2) Roughly chop onions, curry leaves.

3) sieve gram flour and take it into bowl, then add ajwain seeds, turmeric , red chilli powder, salt  then add chopped onion and curry leaves.

4) Heat oil in a kadai on low flames and then mix flour and onion well without adding water at first, then sprinkle water little by little just to coat the onion with batter (or you can prepare this batter as per your wish).

5) Check the oil heat by dropping little batter, now drop pakodi batter in heat oil, fry it both sides till it changes color then take it into plate. Repeat the process for remaining batter.

6) Chop onions, green chillies and ginger. Take wide kadai heat 2tsp of oil , then add cumin seeds, methi seeds and hing let the methi seeds changes color and jeera crackle fry it on low flames.

7) Now add green chilli, red chilli, ginger, curry leaves fry it well then add onions, pinch of salt and fry till it become translucent.

8) Now add prepared curd mixture to the above, mix everything well and let it boil on low flames, stir it in middle so that besan curd mixture do not burn at the bottom.

9) If you feel kadhi becomes thick adjust water accordingly, i added 1/2 glass of water and boiled by stirring. Then add fried onion pakoda, mix everything once and let it soak in kadhi for 10 times.

Kadhi is ready take it into bowl garnish it with corainder leaves and sprinkle some garam masala , That's yummy and tasty Punjabi Kadhi is ready to serve. I served it with hot steamed rice.

Tips

** If you feel kadhi is too thick adjust water accordingly.

** You can add any variety of pakodi's in the place of onion pakodi.

** If you want pakodi's in kadhi to be crisp then add it while serving.

** Add little by little while preparing batter for pakodi's. I just sprinkled verey little amount of water.

** You can also serve kadhi without adding any fritters.

** Kadhi taste good when we use bit sour yogurt.

** After adding yogurt mixture , stir it often otherwise it will burn at bottom.

 Taking this recipe to Shhhhh Secretly Cooking Challenge fb group.  Here admins will select one Indian state in alphabetical order. And they pick pairs for theme, pairs will share 2 ingredients, using that ingredients we will prepare recipe and post it in group album. Other group members will guess the secret ingredient. For month June 2019 we bloggers prepared Punjabi recipes. My partner for this month is Sujata Shukla she blogs at "pepperonpizza", she is very talented, experienced chef and very down to earth person. She guided me very well in selecting recipes where i am not that much aware of Punjabi Cuisine. Do check her place for tasty and varieties of recipes, I gave fennel seeds and ginger and she gave me chickpeas/besan and salt as two secret ingredients.  she prepared "Bharwa Karela" do check this recipe.

                                   

 Also check other recipes by clicking the link below pic

 Potato Spring Onion Fry

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                                Paneer Lababdar/ Jeera Rice

                 Hyderabadi Mirchi ka salan

               Punjabi Dum aloo

                              Kaju curry

               paneer butter masala

                          Kadai Paneer

          Stuffed paneer capsicum            

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