Sukhdi

Sukhdi is a sweet made from wheat flour and jaggery in ghee. Sukhdi is often consumed at weddings or on holidays.

Sukhdi

Ingredients

• 1 cup wheat flour
• ½ cup ghee
• ½ cup jiggery

Instructions

1.        Heat ghee in a pan.

2.        Add jiggery in ghee and keep mixing it until it become softer (Don’t let it become too red).

3.        After that add wheat flour in it.

4.        Strive it well until jiggery and flour mixed well.

5.        Turn off heat.

6.        Prepare greased pan with ghee. Add this mixture in to pan.

7.        Let it be cool.(You can also eat it when it’s hot)

8.    Cut it into diamond pieces.

9.        It is ready to serve.

Moong Dal Halwa

Moong Dal Halwa, is traditional sweet.

Moong Dal Halwa

Ingredients

• ½ cup yellow moong dal
• ½ cup ghee
• ½ cup milk
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ tsp cardamom (elaichi) powder
• 1 tbsp almond (badam) slivers 

Instructions

1. Soak the moong dal in enough warm water for 2 to 3 hours 
2. Remove water from it. 
3. Blend the moong dal in a mixer to make paste without using any water.
4. Place the moong dal paste into the thin cloth and press to remove excess water. 
5. Remove the moong dal paste from the cloth into a plate.
6. Heat the ghee in a non-stick pan, add the moong dal paste and cook on a medium flame for 10 to 12 minutes.
7. Keep stirring.
8. Add ½ cup of water and milk and mix well. Cover and cook on a slow flame for 1 to 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
9. Add the sugar and mix well and cover and cook on a slow flame for another 5 to 7 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
10. Add cardamom powder and almond slivers and mix well.