Chana - Halwa for Navaratri prasad with Puri

 Ingredients for chana

take big kala chana ½ cup, wash well soak it for 6-8 hours or overnight

wash the chana, add in a pressure cooker add bay leaf and 1 big cardamom, just enough water to cover the chana, pressure cook for 4-5  whistles

masala in mixer jar

pomegranate dry pdr  2 tbsp

jeera  1 tsp

saunf  1 tsp

coriander pdr 2 tsp

Kashmiri red chili pdr 1 tsp

green chilies big ones not spicy 2-3

turmeric pdr ½ tsp

ginger 1 “ cut into pieces

dry red chilies roasted, seeds removed 4-5

coriander leaves with stem a big handful

grind with little water

Method for chana

in a kadai add 2 tsp oil, jeera 1 tsp

hing ¼ tsp

add the ground masala

add some water to the mixer jar, add to the kadai mix well

cover and cook till masala is well cooked

add cooked chana, salt, little rock salt, cook covered

allow the chana to dry

 

Halwa

in a kadai add ghee ½ cup

suji less than 1 cup

besan mota  1/3 cup

medium flame fry  for 13-14 minutes, add kaju, almond  fry for 3-4 minutes ,and kismis, fry well for 3 minutes

add sugar ½ cup + 2 tbsp, mix well or to taste

add boiling water  3 cups, saffron little optional

mix well, cardamom pdr ½ tsp

ghee 2-3 tbsp last, 

soft suji halwa is ready for prasad

Make Puris with tight atta dough, fry in hot oil like usual.

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