Indian Recipes - Dal Halwa Indian Recipe

  
 

Desserts and Sweets Recipes - Dal Halwa

Ingredients

  • 900g/2 lb green lentils, soaked overnight

  • 675g/1 1/2 lb sugar

  • 250ml/8fl oz water

  • 450g/1 lb Khoya, broken into chunks

  • 675g/1 1/2 lb ghee

  • 100g/4 oz flaked almonds

  • 100g/4 oz melon seeds

  • 15ml/1 tbsp ground cardamom

  • silver leaves to decorate

Method:

  1. Wash the soaked lentils well then grind to a paste. Boil the sugar with the water to make a thin syrup. Place the khoya in a heavy-based pan and toast for 5 minutes.

  2. Heat the ghee in a deep pan and fry the lentil paste. Simmer until the ghee appears on the surface, stirring constantly.

  3. Add the khoya, almonds, melon seeds and cardamom and fry for 5 minutes. Add the syrup and cook, stirring, until the syrup dried up.

  4. Turn out into a flat dish and decorate with silver leaves. Serve hot.