MOONG DAL HALWA

Ingredients:

250 gms, dhuli moong dal(split green gram without skin)

4 cups cup, full cream milk

300 gms, ghee
300 gms, sugar 

a pinch of saffron

1 tbsp, cardamom powder

cashews,pistachios and almonds, chopped for garnishing 

Method:-

1. Wash and soak the moong dal for 6 to 7 hours.
2. Soak saffron in 1/4^th cup of warm milk.  Keep it aside.
3. Drain and blend it in a blender to a coarse paste without water
4. In a heavy bottom pan or kadhai, add ghee and moong dal paste, mix.  Cook on a low heat till the dal turns light golden brown. Stir constantly.
5. Once the dal turns golden brown, add milk and mix well.
6. Cook on low heat till 3/4^th of the milk quantity dries up.  Keep stirring intermittently.
7. Add cardamom powder, sugar, saffron milk, chopped cashew and almonds. Combine well.
8. Cook on a low flame, stirring continuously throughout till the halwa takes a beautiful dark brown color and releases all the ghee flowing in the pan.
9. Dish out in a serving bowl, garnish with chopped almonds, pistachios, saffron and silver worq.
10. Serve hot.