Celebrate Indian festivals with this divine Masoor Daal Halwa. It's prepared with Massor Daal (red lentils), ghee and sugar and enhanced with aromatic spices such as cardamom.
📖 Recipe
Masoor Dal Halwa
A rich halwa made with Masoor daal and flavoured with cardamom and nuts. It’s a perfect dessert for any festival or Party!
Ingredients
- 150 gram red lentils
- 75 gram ghee
- 150 gram sugar
- 450 millilitre milk
- ½ teaspoon Cardamom powder
Garnish
- 2 tablespoon almonds and pistachio chopped
Instructions
- Clean, wash and soak dal for at least 4 hours in water.
- Once again wash daal in clean water and grind coarsely in a food processor without any water.
- In a heavy bottom pan or kadai heat ghee, add daal and stir fry daal over very low heat until it’s raw aroma completely gone.
- Keep stirring the halwa mixture until you can see ghee separating from the daal mixture.
- You can smell the frying mixture and see the change of colour too.
- It will take a minimum of 35-40 minutes.
- Now add hot boiled milk and keep stirring continuously.
- After 5-7 minutes add sugar and keep stirring the mixture.
- Keep stirring until once again ghee separates from the halwa.
- This will take another 18-20 minutes.
- Now add cardamom powder, mix well.
- Transfer in a serving bowl garnishes it with slivered nuts.
Nutrition
Calories: 360kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 31mg | Potassium: 382mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 29g | Vitamin A: 135IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 119mg | Iron: 2mg
PLEASE NOTE: Nutritional values are estimated by a computer and may vary based on ingredients and portion sizes. For personalised dietary advice, please consult a qualified healthcare professional.
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Hayley Dhanecha says
This is such an underrated halwa, the red lentils turn so rich and almost fudgy when cooked slowly like this. The texture is absolutely indulgent and comforting at the same time, perfect when I want something traditional but a bit different from the usual halwa.
Sasmita says
The halwa using masoor dal looks super tempting. Use if this dal is an WOW addition 🙂 Lovely share during this festive season !!!
jayashree says
Halwa looks so delicious and it's so handy to have some pics ready to post isnt it? Nice share Jagruti
Pavani says
Halwa is so tempting and delicious, l loved the colour of the halwa. Beautifull clicks.
Poonam Bachhav says
Have never tried halwa with Masoor dal. The recipe sounds cumbersome but I am sure the end results are worth it. Lovely presentation as always !
Lathiya says
When I hear masoor dal Halwa, I thought we are making Halwa in cooked dal but it’s not... the Halwa looks wow...what an amazing dish with simple ingredients
Vanitha says
Simple ingredients but such a wonderful dish, that too with masoor dal! Love the texture...perfect! I am going to make this soon!! Thanks for sharing dear; beautiful clicks!!!
Priya Srinivasan - I Camp in My Kitchen says
Jagruti, I didn’t read the recipe at all! What stunning pictures yaar! My god, that background and that white bowl with that golden amber Halwa looks stunning!! I will go again and read the recipe now!!
Padma says
This delicious looking halwa is calling my name....I have made moong dal halwa but never tried masoor dal...Gorgeous clicks as always...Drooling share 🙂
My Culinary Journey says
The wow version of halwa with masoor dal is so tempting. Wanna grab bowlful of it from my screen. Lovely crockery and clicks are wonderful.
Priya Suresh says
Omg, this is seriously something i will definitely give a try without any hesitation. Have tried different halwas with channadal and moongdal but never with masoor dal, thanks for this tremendous halwa Jags. Loving it.
Shobha says
Masoor halwa has a perfect colour and texture.. Looks so divine.
Soma Mukherjee says
Have had moong dal halwa and loved it always, now this is something interesting, masoor dal halwa it sure does looks lipsnpmacking good and that texture is to die for, craving for a spoon right now, the way you have presented it it so tempting.
ranu says
Love your crockery!