Moong Dal Halwa

Ingredients :

Split green gram	1 cup soaked and pasted
Ghee	1 cup
Gram flour	1 tablespoon
Milk	2 cups
Saffron	For garnish
Sugar	1 cup
Khoya	¾ cup
Green cardamom powder	Pinch
Almonds	12
Chandi ka varq	1 sheet

Directions :

1.        Heat ghee in a non-stick pan. Add gram flour and mix well. Add moong dal, lower heat and mix well. Sauté, stirring continuously, till golden brown or for 20-25 minutes.

2.        Heat ½ cup milk in a non-stick pan. Add generous pinch of saffron and mix well for 1 minute. Switch off heat. Heat sugar and 1 cup water in another non-stick pan.

3.        Cook till sugar dissolves completely.

4.        Add saffron milk to moong dal and mix well. Add remaining milk and keep stirring. Add khoya in saffron milk pan, mix and heat for 2 minutes.

 5.        Add khoya to moong dal mixture along with cardamom powder, some almond slivers and sugar syrup. Mix well, cover and cook on low heat for 5 minutes, stirring once a while.

Remove lid, mix once. Switch off heat and transfer in a serving dish. Serve hot garnished with chandi ka varq, saffron and remaining almond slivers.