Recipe: Appetizing Mohan thal

Mohan thal. To make mohanthal, combine the saffron strands and ½ tsp warm water in a bowl, mix well and keep aside. Gently press it to even out the mixture. The recipe iam sharing is not an authentic one.

Normally Mohanthal is Janmastami and Diwali festival sweet. How to make Mohanthal - A rich besan burfi with loads of dried fruits. This recipe is from FoodFood TV channel & has featured on Sanjeev Kapoor Kitchen. You can have Mohan thal using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mohan thal

1. You need 250 gram of chickpea flour (2.5 cups).
2. Prepare 3 tablespoon of melted ghee.
3. You need 3 tablespoon of warm milk.
4. You need 3/4 cup of ghee.
5. You need 1/4 cup of milk.
6. Prepare of sugar syrup.
7. You need 200 gm of sugar.
8. It's 100 gm of water.
9. You need 1/2 teaspoon of cardamom powder.
10. It's 1/8 teaspoon of nutmeg powder.
11. It's pinch of Kesar/saffron strands.
12. It's pinch of Orange colour.

Main Ingredients : Coarse gram flour (besan) (मोटा बेसन का आटा), Ghee (घी) Mohan Thal is a very famous sweet from Gujarat. North India it is also know as Besan ki barfi, while in English it is called as gram flour fudge. It is made with gram flour, pure ghee (clarified butter) and sugar syrup. In North India it is also know as Besan ki barfi. "Mohan" is another name for the Hindu deity, Krishna and "Thal" means plate.

Mohan thal step by step

1. Dhrabo:- In a bowl sieve the gram flour and add ghee and milk. Rub the ghee and milk until it resembles breadcrumbs. Let it rest for half an hour. Set aside..
2. Sieve the dhrabo thru sieve until it is grainy like sand..
3. Method for sugar syrup:- In a pan add sugar and water and let it simmer to 1 1/4 thread consistency. Add yellow food colour, cardamom and nutmeg to the syrup at this stage..
4. Making of Mohanthaal:- In a wide bottom pan add ghee and the dhrabo mix and cook on medium heat until it is golden brown and ghee separates from the flour. Turn off the gas and add 1/8 cup of milk and keep stirring. Add the remaining milk and keep on stirring until the froth settles. Take extra care when adding milk. Leave it aside until the mixture is warm..
5. Pour the hot sugar syrup in the mixture and mix until all syrup is fully incorporated. Keep stirring until the ghee starts leaving the sides. In a greased plate transfer the Mohanthaal and garnish with pistachios, almonds, saffron and poppyseeds. Let it set for few hours (preferably overnight) and cut into pieces.

This dish is named after him and the saga of his sweet tooth. Dhilo Mohanthal (or Disco Mohanthal) is the hot, liquid form of Mohanthal. Serve it like hot fudge, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and chopped nuts. The ice cream melts into a pool, partially setting the Mohanthal it. Mohan thal is a rajasthani dessert that is ideally known to be served to Gods and Goddesses as prashad.