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    Home » Recipes » Halwa Recipes

    Chana dal halwa recipe, Festival recipes

    Updated on November 9, 2020 by Raks Anand 2 Comments / Jump to Recipe

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    Chana dal halwa, split bengal gram is soaked, roasted well in lots of ghee until aromatic, cooked in milk and added with sugar to make this simple sweet, chana dal halwa.

    I was thinking to post something simple and sweet as Holi special recipe, I though first I would try moong dal halwa, but then I saw this one in Tarla dalal and decided to make chana dal halwa. Never expected this much tasty result to be honest.
    But I knew it would turn out great when the aroma of dal while roasting it in ghee was amazing. Some thing like mysore pak smell. I would say it was so easy after you finish roasting the dal fragrant.

    I have tasted moong dal halwa recently twice in buffets. But both were not at all good, very less sweet. Now I am confident could make moong dal halwa better the same way as this one. Soon I should try it out and post too. Moong dal halwa is similar to Asoka halwa, but method is different. Check out full Diwali collection here.

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    Chana dal halwa recipe

    Chana dal, split bengal gram is soaked, roasted well in lots of ghee until aromatic, cooked in milk and added with sugar to make this simple sweet, chana dal halwa.
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 30 minutes minutes
    Soaking time 3 hours hours
    Total Time 3 hours hours 35 minutes minutes
    Servings 4
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • ½ cup Chana dal
    • ½ cup Sugar
    • ½ cup Milk
    • ¼ cup + 2 tsp Ghee
    • 1 Cardamom
    • 5 Almonds or cashews
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    Instructions

    • Soak chana dal for 3 hours. Drain water completely and transfer to the mixer. Grind coarsely without any water.
    • Heat a pan with ghee, add ground chana dal. Mix to avoid forming lumps.
    • Continue roasting so that the ground chana dal is resemble a crumble. It will turn starting golden and fragrant.
    • Set aside. Boil milk along with ½ cup water.
    • Add the roasted chana and mix well to avoid lumps.
    • Continue cooking in medium flame or low flame until it absorbs all water+ milk and gets cooked.
    • Add sugar and stir well. The sugar will melt and mix with the chana dal.
    • When the halwa starts leaving sides add cardamom powder and nuts to garnish.

    Notes

    • While grinding chana, make sure to drain water completely.
    • Do not grind continuously, just give a run, wipe the sides to ensure even powdering.
    • Repeat few times to coarsely grind chana dal.
    • Reducing ghee will give dry texture instead of halwa consistency.
    • Adding water equally with milk is important to cook the chana.
    • If chana is not cooked properly, the halwa texture will not be soft. It will be chewy.
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    Chana dal halwa method:

    1. Soak chana dal for 3 hours. Drain water completely and transfer to the mixer. Grind coarsely without any water.step1
    2. Heat a pan with ghee, add ground chana dal. Mix to avoid forming lumps.step2
    3. Continue roasting so that the ground chana dal is resemble a crumble. It will turn starting golden and fragrant.step3
    4. Set aside. Boil milk along with ½ cup water.step4
    5. Add the roasted chana and mix well to avoid lumps.step5
    6. Continue cooking in medium flame or low flame until it absorbs all water+ milk and gets cooked. Add sugar and stir well.step6
    7. The sugar will melt and mix with the chana dal and loosen up.step7
    8. When the halwa starts leaving sides add cardamom powder and nuts to garnish.step8

    Best to have it warm and fresh.
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    Comments

    1. Subashini N

      March 10, 2017 at 9:56 am

      Halwa looks too good Raji. Clicks are as usual lovely:)

      Reply
    2. sujatha

      March 11, 2017 at 7:06 pm

      Looks yummy....love all your recipes....

      Reply

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