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Sweet chana daal halva
Preparation info
- Serves
8-10
- Difficulty
Easy
- Ready in
1 hr 5
Appears in
Published 2023
This is a recipe noted down on a scrap of old diary paper by my mother, as dictated to her by Dadi, and then given a little of Mummy’s own flair. ‘Daal sweet?’, you might ask, puzzled – but try it before you judge it.
Ingredients
Method
- Soak the chana daal overnight in a bowl of water.
- The next day, drain the daal and tip into a saucepan. Add the milk and bring to the boil, then simmer for 25–30 minutes, stirring constantly, until the daal is tender and the milk has been absorbed – the mixture should be quite dry.
- Scrape the mixture into a food processor and blitz thoroughly until you