Halwai July 2, 2024

Ingredients:

• 2 cups green mango, peeled and chopped.
• 1 cup Pineapple pieces.
• 0.5 cup grated coconut.
• 2 tsps sesame seeds.
• 1/4 tsp fenugreek.
• 6 to 8 – dry red chillies.
• 2 tsps – black gram (urad) dal.
• 2 tsps – Bengal Gram (chana) dal.
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder.
• 2 tbsps Jaggery powder.
• Salt to taste| For seasoning: 3-4 dry red chillies, broken into pieces.
• 1 tbsp oil.
• 1 tsp mustard seeds.
• 1 tsp black gram (urad) dal.
• Few curry leaves.

Method:

  1. Add two cups of water to mango pieces and cook till soft. Cool and blend briefly in a mixer.
  2. Roast all the ingredients from sesame seeds to Bengal gram dal in 1 tsp of oil. Cool and grind with grated coconut to a smooth paste.
  3. Heat the mashed green mango, add pineapple and 1 more cup of water.
  4. Add turmeric, salt and jaggery. Let it simmer for 5 minutes.
  5. Add the ground paste and allow it simmer for 2 more minutes and remove from fire.
  6. Heat the oil for seasoning in a small fry pan.
  7. Add mustard when it splutters. Add black gram dal.
  8. When it turns golden brown, add chillies.
  9. Fry for few seconds. Add curry leaves.
  10. Add this seasoning to the curry and mix well.

Recipe courtesy of Sify Bawarchi