Mohan Thaal

Mohan Thaal

 

Ingredients

• Gram flour 2 cup
• Milk 4 tbsp
• Ghee ¾ cup
• Sugar 1 ½ cup
• Nutmeg powder a large pinch
• Green cardamom powder ¼ tsp
• Almonds, blanched 10
• Pistachios, blanched 10

Method

• Heat 2 tbsp milk in a pan. Add 1½ tbsp ghee and heat till it melts.Place gram flour in a bowl, add the milk-ghee mixture and mix with fingertips till it resembles breadcrumbs.Pass it through thick sieve, pressing lightly to remove lumps. Cook together ½ cup water and 1½ cups sugar to make a syrup. Heat remaining ghee in a pan, add the sieved gram flour and sauté on medium heat, stirring continuously, till fragrant and dark in color.Cook the syrup till it gets 1 string consistency. Add nutmeg powder and green cardamom powder to the gram flour and mix well. Set aside to cool completely. Add 2 tbsp milk to the sugar syrup and mix well. Add the syrup, little by little, to the gram flour mixture and mix well. Pour into a greased tray and spread evenly. Sprinkle almonds and pistachios over the gram flour mixture and press lightly. Set aside to cool completely. Cut into squares, separate the pieces and serve.