Mohanthal Recipe | Halwai Style Mohanthal Sweet | Mohanthal Mithai with detailed photo and video recipe. A traditional and authentic besan flour-based sweet recipe known for its creaminess and richness. it is a popular besan-based barfi recipe from the state of Gujarat and is prepared especially during the festival season and occasion. It shares the same shape and texture as a besan barfi, yet it does carry its own unique and creamy taste in each bite.
Mohanthal Recipe | Halwai Style Mohanthal Sweet | Mohanthal Mithai with step-by-step photo and video recipe. Besan-based sweets or desserts are very common across India and are prepared in various forms. The most common is the barfi, but it can also be made as laddu, halwa, pak sweets and churma too. In addition to these, the other popular sweet from besan is mohanthal which is a combination of barfi fudge and halwa known for its moist and creamy taste.
Well, many would argue this recipe is nothing but a besan barfi. With the look, you may say that, but technically it is completely different with the steps and ingredients used in it. Firstly, the besan barfi recipe is harder and brittle in texture as compared to the mohanthal. Hence I termed this sweet as a mixture of barfi and halwa. Secondly, the cooking ingredients and the steps are completely different to most of the barfi recipes. It includes milk and khoya in addition to the besan and sugar syrup. The addition of khoya and milk makes it softer and moister and thus reducing the sugar syrup’s brittle texture. It also helps to make it creamier and just melts in your mouth. Therefore, I would heavily recommend trying this once and enjoying it with your friends and family.
Furthermore, I would like to add some additional tips, suggestions and variants to mohanthal mithai recipe. firstly, for a smooth and moist texture, I would heavily recommend using fresh and best-quality besan or chickpea flour. I have used the same besan flour as the besan laddu and I would recommend the same. Secondly, due to the addition of milk and khoya, the besan mixture takes extra time to settle. You may have to keep it refrigerated for a minimum of 2 hours before shaping and serving. Lastly, to decorate I topped it with chopped pista and badam after it is sliced. Do not add it while mixing or after transferring it to the plate, it may not get the required texture otherwise.
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Mohanthal Recipe | Halwai Style Mohanthal Mihai
Ingredients
for besan mixture:
- 3 cup besan
- ¼ cup ghee
- ¼ cup milk
for roasting:
- 1 cup ghee
- ½ cup milk
other ingredients:
- 1½ cup sugar
- ½ cup water
- pinch saffron food colour
- ½ cup khova / mawa
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
- silver vark, for garnishing
- dry fruits, chopped
Instructions
how to make danedar besan:
- firstly, in a large bowl take 3 cup besan, ¼ cup ghee and ¼ cup milk.
- crumble and mix until the besan turns moist.
- keep rubbing, until the besan turns grainy texture.
- now sieve the besan using a large holes sieve.
- the besan turns grainy texture. keep aside.
how to roast besan:
- in a large kadai heat 1 cup ghee and add besan mixture.
- keep roasting the besan on low flame.
- after roasting for 20 minutes, the besan turns golden brown and ghee releases from sides.
- now add ½ cup milk and mix continuously.
- the mixture turns frothy forming a more grainy texture.
- keep cooking the besan until the milk is absorbed completely.
- transfer to a bowl and keep aside.
how to make sugar syrup:
- in a large kadai add 1½ cup sugar and ½ cup water.
- boil until 1 string consistency of sugar syrup is attained.
- add pinch saffron food colour and mix well. adding colour is optional, however, it enhances the colour of burfi.
- further, add ½ cup khova and mix well. mix until the khova is well combined in sugar syrup.
- now add roasted besan mixture into the sugar syrup.
- mix well making sure the besan is well combined.
- continue to cook until the mixture starts to separate the pan.
- also, add ¼ tsp cardamom powder and mix well.
- transfer the mixture into the tray lined with baking paper.
- tap and level up forming an even top.
- rest for 4 hours, or you can refrigerate to set quickly.
- once the burfi has set completely, unmould and decorate with silver vark.
- chop into the desired shape and garnish with dry fruits.
- finally, enjoy mohanthal for a week when refrigerated.
Nutrition
How to make Mohanthal with step by step photos:
How to make danedar besan:
- Firstly, in a large bowl take 3 cups besan, ¼ cup ghee and ¼ cup milk.
- crumble and mix until the besan turns moist.
- keep rubbing, until the besan turns a grainy texture.
- now sieve the besan using a large holes sieve.
- the besan turns grainy texture. keep aside.
How to roast besan:
- In a large kadai heat 1 cup ghee and add the besan mixture.
- keep roasting the besan on low flame.
- after roasting for 20 minutes, the besan turns golden brown and ghee is releases from the sides.
- now add ½ cup milk and mix continuously.
- the mixture turns frothy forming a more grainy texture.
- keep cooking the besan until the milk is absorbed completely.
- transfer to a bowl and keep aside.
How to make sugar syrup:
- In a large kadai add 1½ cup sugar and ½ cup water.
- boil until 1 string of consistency of sugar syrup is attained.
- add a pinch of saffron food colour and mix well. adding colour is optional, however, it enhances the colour of the burfi.
- further, add ½ cup khova and mix well. mix until the khova is well combined with sugar syrup.
- now add the roasted besan mixture to the sugar syrup.
- mix well making sure the besan is well combined.
- continue to cook until the mixture starts to separate from the pan.
- also, add ¼ tsp cardamom powder and mix well.
- transfer the mixture to the tray lined with baking paper.
- tap and level up forming an even top.
- rest for 4 hours, or you can refrigerate to set quickly.
- once the burfi has set completely, unmould and decorate with silver vark.
- chop into the desired shape and garnish with dry fruits.
- Finally, enjoy mohanthal for a week when refrigerated.
Notes:
- Firstly, make sure to roast on low flame, else the besan will burn and not turn aromatic.
- Also, adding khova is optional. however, it enhances the flavour of mithai.
- Additionally, do not skip rubbing besan with milk and ghee. it helps to make grainy besan.
- Finally, mohanthal recipe tastes great when prepared with fresh ghee and khova.