Asoka Halwa

Asoka Halwa

Ingredients
1 cup Moong dal
1 cup wheat flour
1 ½ cups Sugar
¼ tsp Kesari powder
6 Cardamoms
10 Cashew nuts
2 tsp almonds
1 cup Ghee
 

1. 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 water and make into a thick liquid. Heat this liquid in a fry pan and stir for a while.
   
2. Mash the cooked moong dal and add it to the boiling liquid. When everything is mixed and well cooked, add sugar and stir well.
   
3. Add 1/2 cup of ghee and keep stirring. When it is almost over add cardamoms. Roast cashews in 1 tsp ghee and add it to the mix. Add the remaining ghee and stir.
   
4. 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 greased with ghee. Spread the cashew and cheery bits on the top surface of the halwa. Then cut this into diamonds by drawing parallel lines with a knife.