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

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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.