MOHANTHAAL RECIPE

Mohanthaal Recipe Preparation Time 120 Minutes Cooking Time 30 Minutes Difficulty Average Recipe Type Veg. Serves Serves 4

Ingredients: • 2 cups Gram Flour (Besan) • 1/2 cup Milk • 1 1/2 cup Ghee • 2 cups Sugar • 5 - 6 strands Saffron (Kesar) • 1/4 tsp Green Cardamom Powder • 10 Almonds (blanched and slivered) • 10 Pistachios (blanched and slivered) How to make Mohanthaal: • In a bowl, take gram flour, milk and three tablespoon of ghee and mix well. Cover and keep aside for two hours. • Now gently rub the mixture to resemble breadcrumbs. • Grease a thali. • In a heavy bottomed pan, heat the remaining ghee and cook the gramflour mixture, till brown and gives out a nice aroma. • Add green cardamom powder to the gramflour mixture and cook. • In another pan, take two cups of water and sugar and cook till it gives out a one-stringed consistency. Add saffron and mix. • Add the sugar syrup to the gram flour mixture and cook till the syrup is absorbed and the mixture gets thick and dry. • Grease a thali and spread out the mixture evenly on it. • Add pistachios and set aside to cool. • Cut into squares. • Serve.