Instant Moong Dal Halwa

Name: Instant Moong Dal Halwa
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: ½ cup Moong Dal; 1 cup Milk; ½ cup Ghee (Clarified butter); ½ cup Sugar; 1 tbsp Almond ( flakes); 10 nos Cashew; ¼ tsp Cardamom Powder

An easy, delicious and healthy Halwa

Posted on Jan 11th, 2022

by Sowmya Venkatachalam

Categories:

Sweet Varieties

4.50 from 4 votes

Moong Dal Halwa is a rich delicious dessert made with split yellow lentils (moong dal), sugar and ghee. This homemade version is reminiscent of what you’d find in India, but made quick and easy.

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Total Time 20

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Moong Dal Halwa is a classic Indian Dessert. This halwa is a very popular Rajasthani delicacy. In each and every festivals of India, sweet dishes plays a very important role in every household. We all know that making Moong Dal Halwa is a very time-consuming and tiring process as it takes around 2-3 hours to make the authentic halwa, but this version of moong dal halwa is instant and we can finish in at-most 20 mins.

Once of my close friend in my apartment came down to my home and taught me how to make this instant version of Moong Dal Halwa. She always tell me that even before sleeping, sometimes, her daughter ask for halwa and she prepare it immediately. I was initially so surprised to hear that because as far as i know, this halwa is a complicated recipe and once i tried the conventional method but it didn’t turn out satisfactorily and so I didn’t publish at that time. But with this instant recipe, there is no hassle or tiring and the taste is exactly same as the conventional method.

Most of us are working women who don’t find time to make sweets using conventional method. Because of their complexity many of us have stopped making traditional sweets and started telling that we are in diet :-). Though this method is instant, it doesn’t include any canned or processed foods to make it quicker and hence we can trust and make this often. Also moong dal has lots of nutritional benefits and this is one way to make our kids consume moong dal.

If you like this Instant Moong Dal Halwa, then you can also try other easy Halwa Recipes

Carrot Halwa with Mawa | Gajar Ka Halwa : Carrot Halwa (Gajar Ka Halwa) , One of the most popular Indian dessert, very tasty and mouth-watering. Conventionally, making carrot halwa is time consuming and it has a rich taste of milk.
Badam Halwa Recipe – Badam Halwa, one of the richest halwa variety ever. For Diwali and other special occasions, this Badam halwa is a perfect treat for our family and friends.
Asoka Halwa – Asoka Halwa is a popular dessert in Thiruvaiyaru, Tanjore District hence it’s also called ‘Thiruvaiyaru Halwa’.

Recipe card to make Moong Dal Halwa

Method with Step by step instructions and pictures

Take the moong dal in a heavy bottomed pan and dry roast till we get nice aroma and the color of the dal starts to change

Cool the roasted dal and grind it to slightly coarse powder.

Take a cup of milk in a sauce pan and heat the milk. No need to boil the milk.

Heat ghee in a pan. Add the powdered moong dal and stir continuously to avoid lumps.

Add cashews and almonds and let the nuts also get roasted in ghee

Now to the roasted dal and nuts, add the hot milk and stir well. The dal will quickly get cooked and the ghee will separate immediately.

Add sugar and mix well. Initially, the halwa tends to loosen the consistency but within a minute, the halwa starts to thicken and ghee will starts to separate.