Split Chickpea//Daal Chana Halwa;

Split Chickpea//Daal Chana Halwa

The one of the most traditional & desi dessert of Pakistan is Daal chana halwa. This halwa is usually made with chana daal or chickpea lentil.It is very easy & economical to prepare it because only few ingredients(chickpea lentil,ghee,sugar,khoya & cardamom) are used in it.

Although it is soaked overnight & at morning it is blended and turned into paste.The most hard part to make this halwa is to roast it properly.The colour should be caramelised brown and it should be given specific caramelised roasted smell.If chana daal paste is not roasted well or over roasted then it is harmful for human stomach to eat it. So main part of this halwa is roast it well.In the last it is decorated with different kind of nuts and enjoy the whole winter season with the slice of chana daal halwa.

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Ingredients;

Chana daal/split chickpea (boiled & blended) 2 cup
Sugar 1 cup
Ghee 1 cup
Green cardamom 9-10
Khoya 1/2 cup

For garnishing;

Raisins
Coconut
Watermelon seeds

How to cook;

Heat the pan & add 1 cup ghee.
When ghee is melted , add chana Daal//Split chickpea paste in the pan.
(Chana daal should be soaked overnight, then boiled & blended in the morning.
Stir this chana daal paste in the melted ghee on low flame.
When chana daal paste is mixed with ghee, then roast this paste on low flame.
roast it,until it color changed & turned into caramel.
When ghee is separated from chana daal & it's color turned caramel brown then add khoya into it.
When khoya is mixed with halwa then add sugar.
When sugar is mixed with halwa, add 1 cup of milk.
When milk, khoya & sugar are dissolved into halwa,add cardamom powder.
Keep stirring the spoon and add raisins, coconut, watermelon seeds.
Halwa is ready,when all nuts are mixed.
Grease the platter to add halwa on it.
Add halwa to platter & lay across on it.
add rest of nuts on platter on press slightly it with spoon.
cut halwa with knife in square shape slice & let it to cool.