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No bake Chana Daal Cake/ Split Begal Gram Cake

May-07-2017
Zulekha Bose
30 minutes
Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
5 People
Serves
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ABOUT No bake Chana Daal Cake/ Split Begal Gram Cake RECIPE

An Indian dessert in the form of cake? Yes, it is possible. Chana daal cake is made from boiled chana daal and dry fruits. A delicious protein packed no bake sweet.

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Medium
  • Festive
  • North Indian
  • Pan fry
  • Pressure Cook
  • Blending
  • Chilling
  • Dessert
  • Gluten Free

Ingredients Serving: 5

  1. Chana daal - 11/2 cup (Soaked overnight or 4-5 hours)
  2. Sugar - 1 1/4 cup
  3. Ghee - 3/4 cup
  4. Cardamom Powder - 1/2teaspoon
  5. Milk - 1 Cup
  6. Dry whole milk ( mawa/ khoya ) - 1/4 cup
  7. Orange colour - 1 teaspoon or as per requirement
  8. Dry fruits - cashew, almonds and white sesame seeds

Instructions

  1. Drain the water and boil soaked chana daal with milk in a cooker. Switch of the flame after 2-3.whistles.
  2. Open the lid of a cooker once completely cooled. If some milk is left , switch on the gas stove again and dry all the remaining milk.
  3. Cool this boiled dal mixture and blend it to a roughly coarse paste.
  4. Heat 1/2 of the ghee in a kadhai add cardamom powder and daal paste. Fry on a medium flame continuously stirring with a spatula until colour of the daal paste changes slightly and nice smell start coming.
  5. Now at this stage add sugar, mawa (dried whole milk), chopped dry fruits, orange color, the remaining ghee. Stir constantly with a spatula until you see ghee start appearing at the sides of the kadhai and daal paste start accumulating as a ball.
  6. At this stage check the paste by taking little bit between your two fingers, if it does not stick then your daal paste is ready to set .
  7. Grease one round baking dish. Transfer the cooked daal paste and level it with a spatula.
  8. Spread some dry fruits on the top and press them down with your fingers.
  9. Keep this chana daal cake in the refrigerator for atleast 1/2 an hour then unmold by loosening the sides with the help of a knife.
  10. Cut the cake into pieces and serve chilled.

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Kritika Singh
Sep-24-2018
Kritika Singh   Sep-24-2018

Wow...thats something new, will surely try

hida himaaz
Oct-03-2017
hida himaaz   Oct-03-2017

Yummy

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