Moong Drops

Try these easy and nourishing Moong Drops, filled with delicious dark chocolate.  You won’t be able to eat just one!

You need:

100 gm moong dal

100 gm powdered sugar

30 gm ghee/clarified butter

5 gm sesames seeds

10 gm desiccated/powdered coconut

25 gm chopped dark compound chocolate

25 gm cream

Method:

  1. Wash and cook the moong dal with as little water as possible till soft. 
  2. Place it in the mixer and grind well.
  3. And keep it aside. (If the moong dal is too dry you may add 1 tbsp of milk while grinding.)

4. Roast the sesames seeds on a hot pan for a minute or so and keep it aside. 

5. Heat the pan and add the ghee. 

6. Add the moong to it.  Stir and fry the moong till it holds together. 

7. Add the sugar and mix well.

8. Keep stirring till the sugar melts and extra moist disappears. 

9. Add the sesames seed and mix well.

10. While it is still hot, make 12 -15 small equal balls.  

11. Roll the balls with both your palms till smooth. 

12. With the end of a wooden spoon make the holes at the centre of each ball very carefully. 

13. While making the hole, the ball should be still warm otherwise the ball will crack. 

14. Roll the balls over powdered or desiccated coconut.

15. Warm the cream for 30 second in a microwave or over hot water. 

16. Add the chopped chocolate and stir till uniformly melted.

17. Fill up an icing bag with the melted chocolate. 

18. Let it cool a little and then fill up the moong holes with the chocolate.

Course: Snack.

Country: India

Type: Fusion

Nutritional Information: moong dal is rich in vitamins, minerals and protein.

                      Happy Cooking ! 


7 thoughts on “Moong Drops

  1. You are so very creative, one wouldn’t even have imagined every dish or dessert can be made out of Dal in various forms 💝 thanks for your great recipes 👍

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  2. You are so very creative, one wouldn’t even have imagined every dish or dessert can be made out of Dal in various forms 💝 thanks for your great recipes 👍

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