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| Asoka Halwa Recipe |
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| Indian food recipe for asoka halwa, yummy! |
:: Ingredients for Asoka Halwa
Moong dal - 1 cup
wheat flour - 1 cup,
Sugar - 11/2 cup
Kesari powder - 1/4 tsp
Cardomoms - 6
Cashewnuts - 10
Chopped almonds - 2 tsp
Ghee - 1 cup
:: How to make Asoka Halwa
Add 1/2 cup water to 1 cup moong dal and cook in pressure
cooker until it
becomes soft.To 1 cup wheat flour, add 1/2 cup waterand
make into a thick
liquid.Heat this liquid in a fry pan and stir for a
while.Mash the cooked moong dal
and add it to the boiling liquid.When everything is mixed
and well cooked, add
sugar and stir well.Add 1/2 cup of ghee and keep
stirring.When it is almost over
add cardomoms.Roast cashews in 1 tsp ghee and add it to
the mix. Add the
remaining ghee and stir.
It should become a non sticky paste but not too hard.At
this stage remove the
pan from the stove.Pour this mix on a large plate greaseed
with ghee.Spred the
cashew and cheery bits on the top surface of the halwa.
Then cut this into
diamonds by drawing parallellines with a knife.
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