Chana dal (Bengal gram) barfi

This is an easy and fast to make barfi with low calory. A colleague’s wife served this when she called us for dinner in Manipal in 1981. I got the recipe from her and it is one of my favourite sweet dishes.

Ingredients:

1 cup chana dal soaked for 5 hours

¾ cup water

1 tbsp raisins

1 cup sugar

½ cup grated coconut

½ tsp cardamom powder

Instruction:

-        Pressure cook the soaked chana dal with ¾ cup water for 4 minutes. Cool and open

          Add sugar and raisins to the cooked chana dal and keep on slow fire. It will become more liquid  now; keep stirring to prevent sticking to the bottom.

-         When it becomes thick and starts separating from the sides, add the grated coconut and remove from fire.

-        Add cardamom powder, mix well and set it into a plate or flat vessel smeared with ghee.

-        Cut into squares when cool. If it is too soft, refrigerate for some time and then cut into cubes.