Dessert for 4
Ashoka Moong Dal Halwa
Soft moong dal cooks with sugar, ghee, flour, cardamom, cashews, and food coloring into a rich halwa.
$1.36for 4 servings
$0.34 per serving$1.36 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
- 43 minstart to table
- Mediumdifficulty
- 4servings as written
- $typical cost tier
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What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Lentils and split peas$0.11/oz typical | 7 oz | $0.77Typical price |
| Nuts and seeds$0.70/oz typical | 0.75 oz | $0.59Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $1.36 | |
Pantry staples you likely have
Sugar and brown sugarCooking spray, shortening, ghee, coconut and sesame oilFlourDried herbs, spices and seasoning blends
Not included in the cost.
Ingredients
- 1 cup split yellow moong dal
- 3 cups water
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 12 tbsp ghee
- 4 tbsp wheat flour
- 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
- 3 tbsp broken cashews
- 1 pinch red food colouring in 1 teaspoon water
Steps
- Rinse the dal and boil it with 3 cups water in a medium saucepan for 20 minutes.
- Mash the cooked dal until mostly smooth, then set it aside.
- Melt 8 tablespoons ghee in a large skillet over medium heat and toast the flour for 5 minutes.
- Stir in the mashed dal and sugar, then cook for 10 minutes while stirring.
- Add the remaining ghee, cardamom, cashews, and food coloring mixed with 1 teaspoon water.
- Cook for 5 minutes, stirring, until the halwa pulls away from the skillet.
Main ingredient on sale this week? See what to make with lentils and split peas on sale.
Ingredient list based on the Wikibooks Cookbook (CC BY-SA 4.0). Steps and description written by Salefork.
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