For the Indian Cooking Challenge this month, I decided to select Mohanthal, a Gujarati Special Sweet. I remember reading about this recipe in Meenakshi Ammal's Cook and See. However, the measurement was for a huge amount and I wasn't really up to scaling it down. With the Mega Marathon going on and me writing each day, I knew even cooking it would be a tough task.So I searched the net and landed up in Nisha Madhulika's Recipe. It sounded very much like our Mysore Pak and trust just as hard it is. Vaishali had done it ahead and I asked for tips. However, even after all her tips, I ended up with crumbly Mohan thal. With the number of sweets I made this week, I wasn't up for making another batch.

I was not able to find unsweetened Khoya nor was in a mood to make it home.

Mohanthal ~ Gujarati Special

Ingredients Needed:

Besan / Fried Gram Flour - 1 cup
Ghee - 1/2 cup
Milk - 2 tbsp
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Mawa - 1/2 cup
Cashew - 10 (cut into small pieces)
Almonds - 10 (finely cut)
Pistachio - 15 (finely cut)
Cardamom - 5-6 (peel grind)

How to make Mohan Thal

Have a greased plate ready.

Sieve the flour in a bowl and mix with ghee and rub well with hands. Slowly add the milk and keep it covered for 20 mins.

Heat a heavy bottom pan. Add the remaining ghee, nuts, flour and mawa. Keep stirring till you get a new aroma from the flour. Now add the mawa and mix well.

After roasting the besan, make the syrup. In a pan, take 50 gms of water and sugar. Make one thread syrup. Remove and keep it aside. Add the syrup once it cools down and mix together.

Pour this on the greased plate. Sprinkle chopped nuts over it and cut into small serving pieces.

Notes:

The suggested gram flour or besan for making mohanthal is the coarse powder and not the fine powder.

Store this in an air tight container or store in fridge, it is supposed to stay good for 15 - 20 days.

Vaishali suggested that after the ghee into the flour, milk, run it through sieve. And also that the sugar syrup to be added to the roasted flour after both cools down.

Somehow mine also ended up crumbly and I knew that the moment the flour got roasted few moments more than required. I didn't have time to make this again. Will be making it again shortly and replace the pictures.

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Cuisine Gujarathi

Occasion Diwali

Author Srivalli

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vaishali sabnani says
April 15, 2014 at 7:46 am
Valli you could have pulsed it for a few seconds in the mixie to get rid of those crumbs...any way it happens, the taste must be good .
Pavani N says
April 15, 2014 at 1:54 pm
So Valli, did you make it without the mawa?
I really liked how mine turned out. It is very easy to make and takes great too. Thank you for introducing this to us.
Briju Parthasarathy says
April 16, 2014 at 12:10 pm
Hi Srivalli, your mohanthaal recipe seems to be different and interesting than what we make. You can try to pass through sieve to avoid crumbs, add very less milk and little more ghee this will give you coarse crumbs without binding the atta. This process is called "dhabbo". But am sure your mohanthal would be tasting yummy and looks appealing too.
Srivalli says
April 16, 2014 at 12:21 pm
Vaishali now that you mentioned I feel I should have done that. Well I am planning on making this again for better picture..:)
Pavani I couldn't get unsweetened mawa, so ended up using palkova..:)..maybe that also caused it to crumble. Basically I knew I roasted a bit more than required.
Briju Thanks for the feedback and notes, will try your suggestion and make..

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