We all like to celebrate life, moments, festivals and occasions. This year Diwali or Deepavali, the festival of lights, falls on November 3. It is the most celebrated festival of India and it signifies the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness. No Diwali festivities would be complete without sharing sweets with your friends and family.
With this Moong dal Burfi recipe, I share the festival of sweets with everyone and wishing for a happy and joyous Diwali to you and your loved ones.
Moong dal or split yellow lentil is one of the most nutritious of lentils. It is very high in protein. So sweets made out of this are delicious as well as healthy.
Ingredients:
1 cup yellow moong dal, 4 tbsp ghee (clarifying butter), 1 cup sugar, 2 cups milk, 10-12 saffron threads, 2 tbsp almonds roasted and chopped, ¼ tsp cardamom powder.
Method:
Soak saffron threads in 1 tbsp of lukewarm milk.
Clean and grind moong dal into a semi coarse powder. Roast this powder in a heavy bottomed non stick pan for 7-8 minutes. Add ghee to this and fry for a couple of minutes on low flame. Take this out into a bowl.
In the same non stick pan, heat the milk, add sugar. Give it a boil. When sugar is dissolved add fried moong dal. Keep stirring. Mix very well. Now add saffron milk.
Cook until milk is totally absorbed in the dal. It takes about 4 – 6 minutes.
Let it cool off a little and spread the mixture over a greased plate.
Garnish with almonds and cardamom powder. Cut square or diamond pieces.
Enjoy.
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