Moong dal halwa is one of my favorite sweets. This time I decided to replace sugar with jaggery to give it a healthier twist.
But I ran out of sugar as well as jaggery and so I picked the palm sugar that was waiting to be experimented with for almost 2 months. Palm sugar is healthier than regular refined sugar and supposed to be good alternative for diabetes patients.
So here goes –
Recipe adapted from here.
Serves 6-8
WHAT WE NEED
Split moong dal / yellow lentil 1 cup
Water 1 cup
Coconut Palm sugar 1 cup
Ghee / clarified butter 1 1/2 tbsp
Cashewnuts, broken 10
WHAT TO DO
- Soak the dal in water for 4 hours
- Then pressure cook it using 1 cup of water. Once done, mash it and keep aside
- Heat 1/2 tbsp ghee and fry the cashewnuts. Keep aside
- Heat the palm sugar
- Once the palm sugar is completely melted and starts thickening, add the mashed da and mix well.
- Keep stirring regularly and let the mixture thicken.
- Once most of the water in the mixture evaporates, add the ghee.
- When the ghee starts leaving the sides of the pan, add the cashewnuts and switch off the flame.
- Enjoy!
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Moong dal halwa is one of our favorite.Looks nice.
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I have never tried palm sugar. I like the deep color, looks so rich.
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Wish i get a bowl of this halwa, so tempting.
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I never tasted moong dal halwa but can imagine the taste as I use to love the moong dal sugar filling used for stuffed roti. In Telugu we call those bhakshyalu or boorelu
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Yummy looking moong dhal Halwa,love the idea of using palm sugar instead of sugar. Great recipe.
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very nice.. Great idea to use palm sugar. love it
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What a lovely recipe!
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I use palm sugar in milk but never used it to make sweets. Halwa looks so nice..
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What a delicious looking moog dal halwa.
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That’s a good sweet..I love moong dal halwa..and making it with palm sugar is a great idea..
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Never used palm sugar but the halwa turns out good everytime!
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what a delicious halwa – I could easily dig in now
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