wheat flour halwa

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BOTTLE GOURD HALWA

Ingredients
Grated bottle gourd -2cups
Milk -2cups
Cardamom powder-1/2tsp
Sugar-1/2 cup
Ghee -2tbsp
 For the garnish
 Slivered almonds and raisins
 Method
 Heat the ghee in a pan, add the grated bottle gourd and saute till it turns transparent and soft
Add the milk and bring to a boil.
 Simmer the mixture, stirring occasionally.
 When the halwa is almost dry, add the sugar and cardomom powder and mix well.
 Stir till  all the moisture has evaporated.
 Serve garnished with the slivered almonds and raisins fried in a tsp of ghee
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carrot halwa

Ingredients
Carrots,grated-2 cups
Milk-4 cups
Sugar-4-6 tbsp
Elaichi powder-1/2 tsp
Almonds slivers-3 tbsp
Method
Cook milk and grated carrots till soft and milk is reduced to about a cup.

Add sugar and a pinch of salt,cook till dry.

Add cardomom powder (see how to powder cardomom here) and mixwell
Serve garnished with slivered almonds.

Bombay (corn flour) halwa

Ingredients
sugar-200
water-100ml
cornflour-50gm
water-100ml
saffron-a few strands
elaichi-1/2 tsp
ghee-100
Method:
Add little milk to saffron and leave to soak.
Mix water and cornflour without any lumps.
Heat sugar and water till thick and bubbly.Add itsp lemon juice and keep warm.
Heat ghee and cornflour mixed with water in a nonstick  pan
When the mixture turns thick add sugar syrup in 2-3 batches and mix well.
Add soaked saffron and elachi powder.
Add ghee and cook till the mixture turns glassy
Add chopped cashews mix well and pour in to a greased dish
Cut into desired shapes when cool,after about an hour.