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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Adai , South Indian Adai Dosa, how to prepare no fermentation mixed lentils spicy dosa

Today's recipe is Adai  || South Indian Adai Dosa || Mixed lentils Dosa, it is very protein rich, tasty, popular  breakfast recipe from Tamil Nadu and other areas of South India. It is prepared by soaking different lentils and grinding with spicies. We add lentils like urad dal, toor dal, chana dal, rice .. spices like red chilli , ginger etc.. is not it protein rich dosa ??  We can have it as breakfast or evening snack or even for dinner. For me i can have it in lunch time too when i am alone at home. We can have this with Coconut Chutney, Pudina coconut chutney, Green chutney, onion tomato chutney.. i even love to have as it is without any chutney too, as it is spicy and tasty without chutney too, today i had it with roasted cdal + coconut  chutney(putnala kobari pachadi).

 My mom add fresh coconut while grinding adai batter as it gives good taste. We have to soak lentils for minimum 3 hrs, for morning breakfast i soak it overnight. No need to ferment the batter, we have to prepare dosa's on the same day, or store it in refrigerator for next day not more than that.  I prefer to dosa's for 1 day and with left over batter i prepare panniyaram's (appe, ponganallu).  

                                       Adai Dosa

Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Soak time : minimum 3 hrs
Cook Time : 15 minutes
Serves : 10 Adai
Recipe Category: Breakfast / Regional
Recipe Cuisine: Tamil Nadu
Main Ingredient : Mixed lentils
Author: Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients

raw rice - 11/2 cup
toor dal - 1/4 cup
urad dal - 1/4 cup
chana dal - 1/4 cup
moong dal - 2 tsp
methi seeds - 1/4 tsp
red chilli - 6 (adjust)
cumin seeds - 1 tsp
ginger - 1 inch
fresh coconut pieces - 1/4 cup(optional)
hing - 1/4 tsp
curry leaves - 3 sprigs
coriander leaves - 1 tsp
oil - to roast dosa

Instructions

1) Take all the lentils mentioned into a bowl clean it under water for 2 to 3 times and soak it for minimum 3 hrs by adding red chillies.

2) After soaking remove water and take it into mixer jar, now add cumin seeds, ginger, fresh coconut pieces,salt. Grind it to coarse paste by adding required amount of water.

3) Now add finely chopped curry , coriander leaves and hing to the batter and mix it well. Check consistency if batter is too thick add some water, we need thick batter. 

4) Heat tawa and pour ladle full of dosa batter and spread it , give round dosa shape. Make small hole in the middle of adai(option) and pour a tsp of oil on adai. Flip the adai cook it both sides by pressing on low to medium flames.

Repeat the same process for remaining batter. That's it Adai dosa is ready to serve, Serve it hot to taste crispy adai.

Tips

** You can skip adding coconut .

** You can add finely chopped onion in batter or you can spread onion on the dosa too.

** Adai taste good when it is served hot.

** Add byadigi red chilli to get good color.

** You can also add turmeric powder to get color.

** Adding hing we gives good taste and adds flavor to adai.

Taking this Adai dosa to #204th theme   #FoodieMondayBloghop fb group. This week theme is #NashtaTime suggested by one of my favorite, talented chef Priya Iyer who blogs at thephotowali.wordpress.com, do check her place for fabulous recipes and amazing travel stories. As per suggested theme we have to prepare famous regional breakfast we we belong, so i selected Tamil Nadu's famous Adai recipe.  
                               

Also check other breakfast recipes by clicking link below pic. 

                                     Uggani bajji

                     
                                                  Radi Mungaaku rotte

        Sweet Coconut paratha

                                      Idli Upma

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Spicy Masala Peanuts, Masala Groundnuts, masala coated fried peanuts

"Spicy Masala Peanut " with step by step pics and tips.  As monsoon arrived we all need something to munch which will be crispy and tasty. So, today's recipe is masala coated peanuts || masala groundnuts which is easy to prepare with easily available ingredients at home. We can pack it as a snack in your kids lunch box. My Balu dhodappa prepare these masala peanuts very crunchy and tasty. It is one of my favorite from childhood 😋. We can also prepare chaat with these masala peanuts. It is best time pass snack when your travelling long distance with your family 😍. We can prepare many snacks with peanuts like peanut masala chaat - prepared by boiling peanuts. A simple salted peanut, we can add fried peanuts in many snacks like corn flakes chivda and in masala puffed rice etc., we can also prepare masala chickpeas, but it is bit time consuming snack.  These masala peanuts tastes yummy when it is spicy but you can adjust spicy according to your taste. For coating we use besan , rice and corn(optional) flours.

                                Spicy Masala Peanut

Preparation Time : 5 minutes
Wait time: 10 minutes(optional)
Cook Time : 15 minutes
Serves : 1 bowl
Category : snacks
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Main ingredients : Groundnuts
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients

ground nuts - 1 cup
gram flour/ besan/ shanaga pindi - 4 tsp
rice flour - 2tsp
corn flour - 2 tsp(optional if not available)
red chilli  powder-  11/2 tsp(adjust)
turmeric powder - 1 pinch
baking soda - 1 pinch
amchur powder - 1/2 tsp(optional)
salt - as per taste
oil - 1 tsp + to deep fry

Instructions

1) In a bowl sieve gram flour, rice and corn flour.

2) Mix the above flour and add salt, red chilli, turmeric powders, aamchur powder, baking soda and mix everything well.(here you can also add crushed garlic or ginger garlic paste).

3) Now add ground nuts to the above mixture and mix everything well then add 1 tsp of oil and mix it once.

4) Now sprinkle some (3 tsp of water) on the above mix it well, add some more water till masala coat well to ground nuts. Keep this aside for 10 minutes and let the oil heat on medium flames.(**check tips)

5) check oil heat, now drop masala coated peanuts( try to drop single peanut) in oil and fry it on low to medium flames till it changes color and becomes crisp. 

6) Repeat the process for remaining coated ground nuts and take it into plate. If you feel besan coated taste smooth not crisp , then fry it again on low  flames. Once frying done switch off the flames fry curry leaves in hot oil and take it into plate. Now sprinkle chat masala on fried masala peanuts and saute it well.

That's it crunchy, spicy and chatpata masala peanuts is ready to serve. Let the masala peanuts cool , store it in air tight container, it taste crisp for more than 15 + days if you we stire it well.

Tips

** Adding corn flour will makes coating crispy, if corn flour not available you can skip it and add 1 tsp rice flour. 

** Adding amchur powder is optional, adjust spicy according to your taste.

** You can also add crushed garlic or ginger garlic paste(at step 2).

** Do not water at a time, add in batches. We just need to coat the groundnuts. 

** if you feel you added more water , simply add rice flour to it.

** Do not fry masala peanuts on high flames, if you feel oil is very heat then switch off the flames for some time and light it again.

** Store fried masala peanuts is dry air tight container once they become cool. 

I am taking this chatpata masala peanuts to 203 #FoodiesMonday BlogHop theme. Today's theme is #RimJhimBarse suggested by Preethi she blogs at preethicuisine. Do check her space for wonderful recipes.

Also check other snacks by clicking the link below pic..
   
                                   
                                  JackFruit seeds Vada

                       Baby Corn Fritters

                                   Rava / Semolina Pizza

     Roasted Masala Chickpeas / Masala coated Kabuli Chana fry
          

                               Veg chow mein noodles

                    Dry cabbage manchurian

                                          Paneer Tikka

 

Stuffed Mirchi bajji

                                      Paneer pinwheels

                                        Pepper sev

Gujarat hi Methi Masala Khakhra

               Vaamu Aaku bajji

                                         Corn flakes chivda

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