Chane ki dal ka halwa/ gram lentil pudding is scrumptious dessert. In Pakistan this is very famous in all age groups. I remember when i was a small kid ,on 15 Shaban (shab e barat) along with other halwas my mother used to make this one as well.
Distributing halwa in neighborhood was a fun activity for me as a child 🙂
INGREDIENTS:
Chane ki dal/ gram lentil | 1/2 kg |
Sugar | 1 and 3/4 cups or to taste |
Ghee | 1 and 1/2 cups |
Cardamom | 4-5 |
Khoya/ milk powder | 1 cup |
Nuts | as needed |
METHOD:
- Wash gram lentil and soak it in water for 1 hour.
- Boil it and drain water. Grind it till paste forms.
- Now in a pot add ghee/butter and cardamom , let it crackle and add paste of gram lentil.
- Add sugar also and stir this constantly till ghee start to separate.
- Add khoya or powder milk and stir well.
- As soon as ghee separates add nuts and spread this mixture on a greased tray.
- With spatula or flat spoon even the surface an cut shapes of your choice.
- Let it cool completely and with knife separate them.
- You can follow this technique too, after boiling lentil grind it and in ghee roast it, in separate pan add ghee and cardamom.
- Let it crackle and add sugar and 1/2 cup water as soon as sugar melts add lentil and stir constantly.
- Now stir it till ghee separates, add nuts and spread on tray and cut shapes.
wow ainy 🙂 so beautifully made 🙂 yaar please pass me some 😀 i am loving them 😀 wishing to grab some..
lol.
urdu me b recipe b bta dia kren
Sidra ma koshis karongi.
Any idea of how much milk we should use to boil lentil or if we use water approximately how many cups. Also 1/2 kg daal is how many cups.also for powder milk cam we use everyday tea whitener .
2 cups is very much enough for 1/2 kg but do not use ant tea whitener. I am using Nedo.