SWEETS:- Asoka Halwa

This sweet is named,  in remembrance of the "Great King Charavartin Samrat Asoka". 

Ingredients:

Moong Dal    50 gms

Wheat flour    50 gms

Ghee           100 gms

Sugar          150 gms

Cashews        10 gms (cut in to pieces)

Badam           10 gms ( cut into pieces)

Cardamom powder    2 tsp

Nutmeg powder       a pinch

Food colour          as required


Method:

 Dry Roast Moong  dal slightly, for few minutes, till the raw smell goes and soak for 20 minutes. Pressure cook the moong dal with 10 gms of ghee and mix it well together. Mash it well, when the pressure releases.

 Heat a non-stick pan, with 10 gms of ghee and roast the cashews and badams and keep it aside.

 In the same pan, heat 50 gms of ghee, and add wheat flour and roast it, till the flour changes to golden brown colour. Now add the cooked moong dal to this. Mix well, add the remaining ghee little by little, so that the mixture wont stick to the sides.

 Now add sugar, cahews and badams, food colour, Cardamom powder, and nutmeg powder one-by-one. Mix well till the ghee oozes out a little.

 Remove from the flame and transfer it to a bowl, which is greased with ghee.

Yummy and Tasty Ashoka halwa is ready to serve!!!