Halwa Poori Chana | Ashtmi Recipe | Navratri Vrat Recipes | Chef Kunal Kapur
Halwa Poori Chana
Serves 4
Ingredients for Kanya Pujan Prasad
For Chana
Kala Chana (boiled) – 2cups
Oil – 3 tbsp
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Green chilli – 1no
Ginger chopped – 2tsp
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
Salt
Ghee - 1 tbsp
For poori
Wheat flour - 2 cups
Salt - ½ tsp
Water - as required
Oil - 1 tbsp
Suji Halwa
Serves – 4
Ingredients
For Syrup
Water – 3cups
Sugar – ¾ cup
Cardamom powder – ½ tsp
For Halwa
Ghee – ⅔ cup
Suji (semolina) – 1cup
Dry fruits chopped - handful
Method
For Halwa
In a pan mix together water, cardamom and sugar. Bring to a boil and stir till the sugar dissolves. Turn off the heat and keep aside.
In a separate pan heat ghee and add suji. Cook on low heat till golden brown. Add the sugar syrup to the suji. Be careful as the suji will let off a lot of heat & steam when you add the syrup. Stir and cook the suji on medium heat till it thickens.
Remove and serve hot.
For Poori
Mix together atta, salt and water and knead a stiff dough. Apply oil on top of the dough and give it rest for 10mins.
Divide into small pedas. Flatten them and roll out thin and deep fry in hot oil till it puffs and gets cooked. Remove and serve hot.
For chana
In a pan heat oil and add cumin, green chilli slit, ginger and saute them. Add turmeric, coriander and chilli powder, stir and add a dash of water from the boiled chana. Now add chana along with all the water cook them till water evaporates and oil surfaces.
At this stage add a dollop of ghee and mix. Remove and serve hot.