Hi friends! Iam to excited to type these sentences, the reason being it’s my first blog anniversary today.I started this wonderful blogging journey exactly a year back with Pal Payasam post.My hubby asked me to start with a dessert and here comes my 1st blog anniversary post with yet another sweet.I want to thank all my blogger friends especially Chitra Sendhil of Chitrasfoodbook and Jeyshri Suresh of Jeyshris Kitchen who have helped me and adviced me for the initial setting up of this blog.Thanks also the list is big to all my blogger friends whomsoever I have been in touch with without you all this wouldn’t have been possible.
Ashoka halwa is a tempting and tasty sweet made in marriages, functions etc. but when I had this last May at a relative’s weddingI was so tempted with this that I just wanted to try it.Here comes the recipe.
| Prep Time | 60 minutes |
| Cook Time | 20 minutes |
| Servings |
cup
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- 1/2 cup moong dal
- 1/2 cup Wheat Flour
- 1/2 cup rice flour
- 1 1/2 cup ghee
- 1 i 4 cup sugar /
- a few Cashewnuts
- a few Raisins
- pinch orange food colour a
- 2 pinches cardamom powder
Ingredients
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- Soak moong dal for an hour.
- Cook it in a heavy bottomed pan till it is soft.
- Strain excess water and allow it to cool for later use.
- In a seperate pan dry roast wheat flour and rice flour with little ghee.Make sure it doesn't turn black.Keep the flame low.
- When properly roasted turn off the flame.In a blender add moong dal and roasted powders.
- Grind it to a fine paste.
- In a pan add ghee and roast the cashewnuts and raisins and keep them aside.
- In the same pan add ground paste and food colour.Ensure proper cooking and no lumps are formed.
- When almost cooked add sugar and mix well.
- Add remaining ghee and check for the consistency.
- Garnish with cashews and raisins.
- Serve hot and enjoy.
Notes
You can add badams,walnuts or pistachios for garnishing.
Instead of wheat flour you can use corn flour or maida.
Any food colour looks great but I feel orange or red is best.
