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Halwa Puri Chana Recipe | Ashtami/Navami Prasad Recipe

Halwa Puri Chana Recipe

Sneha Paul
Learn how to make halwa puri chana recipe for Navratri prasad.
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Prep Time 8 hours
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 8 hours 40 minutes
Course Breakfast, Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Servings 1 person

Ingredients
  

Ingredients For Kala Chana Recipe:

For pressure cooking chana:

  • ½ cup kala chana or black chickpeas
  • Salt/sendha namak to taste
  • ½ cup water

For making kala chana:

  • ½ tbsp red chilli powder
  • ½ tbsp dhaniya/coriander powder
  • ½ tsp jeera/cumin powder
  • ½ tsp amchur/dry mango powder
  • ⅛ tsp haldi/turmeric powder
  • 1 tbsp ghee
  • ¼ tsp jeera/cumin
  • Pinch of hing/asafoetida
  • ½ inch ginger julienne
  • 1 green chilli chopped
  • ¼ cup water
  • ½ tsp garam masala powder
  • Salt/sendha namak to taste

Ingredients For White Suji Halwa Recipe:

  • ¼ cup ghee
  • ½ cup suji/semolina
  • 1.5 cups water
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 hari elaichi/green cardamom slightly broken
  • 1-2 tbsp chopped nuts

Instructions
 

Instructions For Kala Chana Recipe:

  • Wash the chana with water, and soak them for 7-8 hours or overnight.
  • Once soaked strain & rinse with water.
  • Transfer the chana to a pressure cooker. Add salt and water.
  • Secure the lid. Cook over high flame. After the first whistle, lower the flame and cook for 10-15 minutes or until they are fully cooked.
  • In a bowl add, red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, amchur powder, turmeric powder and a little water. Mix well to make a lump-free paste. Keep it aside.
  • Heat a pan over medium flame. Add ghee, cumin, hing, ginger and green chilli. Cook until the cumin splutters.
  • Add the spice mixture and stir continuously. Cook until oil separates
  • Add the cooked chana, water, garam masala and salt. Mix well.
  • Cook until the water completely evaporates & the masala coats well.
  • Kala chana is ready!

Instructions For Suji Halwa Recipe:

  • Heat a pan over low flame, add the ghee and suji. Stir and cook the suji until it is aromatic.
  • Add water, sugar and green cardamom.
  • Keep cooking while stirring continuously until it has thickened and the water has absorbed.
  • Switch the flame off.
  • Add chopped nuts. Mix well.
  • Suji halwa is ready!
  • Deep fry atta/wheat flour puri.
  • Serve hot with kala chana and suji halwa.

Notes

(Total time includes soaking time)
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