Instant Dates Moongdal Halwa | Zero Sugar or Jaggery Recipe
Amongst my favorite desserts this North Indian traditional halwa ranks top. I’ve lived few years of my childhood in North India and my mother being a South Indian has grabbed many such recipe learnings during our stay there. Be it Holi, Diwali or any wedding this healthy dessert is never missed being made. And on the urge to make it healthy and suitable for babies who are denied sugar till an year, I’ve made this using Dates and Raisins.
Instant Dates Moongdal Halwa
Dates and Raisins act as a sweetener in this Zero Sugar or No Jaggery Recipe making it a comfortable dessert for babies. If you feel the taste of Dates is heavy for someone who’s used to sugar you can either make it half sugar half dates or completely with sugar with the same measurements. Moongdal helps the body keep cool during summers and Dates fill in for the most needed energy requirement. Instant Dates Moongdal Halwa has another delight that it doesn’t need to be planned a day before. Skipping 6 hours of soaking time I have made this whole recipe in 30-40 minutes.
When can I give Instant Dates Moongdal Halwa to my baby?
10 months and above babies can have this.
Check out our other desserts using Natural Sweetener Dates here. We have a larger list of Baby Friendly Foods on our Website if you are interested. I’ve used Wonderchef Blender to make this recipe along with 3 Pan Set from Amazon.
Video: Instant Dates Moongdal Halwa Recipe
- Video in Hindi – इंस्टेंट खजूर और मूंगदाल हल्वा
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Instant Dates Moongdal Halwa recipe below :
Instant Dates Moongdal Halwa
Author:Kavitha Prashanth
Recipe Type: Dessert
Cuisine:Indian
Ingredients
- Moongdal - 1/2 cup
- Ghee - 1/4 cup + 2 tsp
- Raisins - 20
- Dates - 10
- Water - 1 cup
- Milk - 2 cups Full Cream
- Kesar / Saffron - 5 strands
- Cardamom Powder - 1 pinch
- Almond - 5 chopped
- Pista - 5 chopped
- Cashewnuts - 10 chopped
Method
1.Take bowl and add water. Boil well, switch off the flame and add Raisins and chopped Soft Dates and rest aside to soak for a while.
2. After 15-20 minutes you can puree the dates and raisins mixture. Soak kesar strands in milk prior.
3. Take a pan and add Moongdal and dry roast it for about 10 minutes until it changes the color a bit. Keep mixing without stopping so that all the moong are well roasted and crisp.
4. Once roasted, cool in a plate and powder the mixture little coarse. Don't make a fine powder. In the same pan add a tsp of Ghee, when hot add all the chopped dry fruits - Pista, Almond and Cashewnuts.
5. Fry the dry fruits till they smell nice and change the color a bit. Add ghee again and heat it.
6. Add powdered roasted moongdal and keep stirring it until the mixture leaves oil on the sides and smells heavenly.
7. Once it thickens add Milk, followed by Dates and Raisins puree and kesar strands soaked in milk and give the mixture a gentle stirr. Keep stirring until the mixture forms a thick shiny halwa.
8. Once well cooked add fried Dry Fruits and mix and serve hot or refrigerate few hours and serve chilled.
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Instant Dates Moongdal Halwa
Method of making Instant Dates Moongdal Halwa
1. Take a bowl and add water. Boil well, switch off the flame and add Raisins and chopped Soft Dates, and rest aside to soak for a while.
2. After 15-20 minutes you can puree the dates and raisins mixture. Soak Kesar strands in milk prior.
3. Take a pan and add Moongdal and dry roast it for about 10 minutes until it changes the color a bit. Keep mixing without stopping so that all the moong are well roasted and crisp.
4. Once roasted, cool on a plate and powder the mixture a little coarse. Don’t make a fine powder. In the same pan add a tsp of Ghee, when hot add all the chopped dry fruits – Pista, Almond, and Cashewnuts.
5. Fry the dry fruits till they smell nice and change the color a bit. Add ghee again and heat it.
6. Add powdered roasted moong dal and keep stirring it until the mixture leaves oil on the sides and smells heavenly.
7. Once it thickens add Milk, followed by Dates and Raisins puree and Kesar strands soaked in milk, and give the mixture a gentle stir. Keep stirring until the mixture forms a thick shiny halwa.
8. Once well cooked add fried Dry Fruits and mix and serve hot or refrigerate few hours and serve chilled.
9. Instant Dates & Moongdal Halwa is ready to be served.
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