Dates Halwa (fudge)

Ingredients
cashewnut and raisins - 1 tbl.sp
sesame seeds - 2 tbl.sp
crushed cardamom - 1/4 tsp
paste of dates - 200 gm
milk - 1/4 cup
jaggery as per taste


Method
Make a paste of dates with 1/4 cup of milk
Heat 2 tsp of ghee or butter and add chopped cashewnuts and raisins. Fry till raisins puffs up. Then add ssesame seeds and fry for few seconds. Add paste of dates and cardamom powder and mix well. Let it cook for few seconds. Then add jaggery, mix well and let it cook till it thickens. Remove and garnish with dry chop nuts.

Milk Halwa (Milk Fudge)

Ingredients
Milk - 1/2 litre
edible gum - 2 tbl.sp
semolina/rava - 2 tbl.sp
yoghurt - 1 tbl.sp
sugar - 120 gm
ghee - 3 tbl.sp
chopped nuts

Method
Take a pan and add sugar. Heat it on a slow flame till it caramalize.
In another pan add 3 tbl.sp of ghee/unsalted butter and add edible gum and fry it till it puffs up.
Remove it in another pan and add semolina and fry for 2 to 3 minutes. Again add fried edible gum , milk and yogurt. Mix well so that milk curdles. Now Keep cooking till it becomes thick.
When sugar is caramelised add it to the milk. Stir and leave it to cook till all moisture is lost.
Remove and garnish it with chopped nuts and serve.

Akrot Ka Halwa (Walnut Fudge)

Ingredients

Walnut – 1 cup

Khoya – 1 ½ cup

Powdered sugar – ½ cup or as per taste

Cardamom powder – ½ tsp

Ghee/butter for cooking

Method

In a pan heat 1 tbl.sp of ghee/butter and lightly fry walnuts for 3 to 4 minutes. Remove and blend it coarsely and keep it aside.

In the same pan, again add 1 tbl.sp of ghee/butter and add khoya and powdered sugar to it. Fry till on a low flame till the khoya melts, add cardamom powder to it and remove from fire.

Remove this khoya in a pan, add powdered walnut, mix well and spread on a greased plate.

When cool, cut into square pieces, decorate it with silver foil and serve.