Kasi Halwa

Ingredients:

White Pumpkin- 2cups (grated)
sugar- 2 cups (same measure as pumpkin)
ghee- 3 tbsp
cardamom- 2
whole milk- 1 cup
saffron- one pinch
red food color- a pinch
cashews and raisins- 1 tbsp each (or more if needed)

Method:

Peel off the outer skin from the pumpkin and grate it.Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a kadai and add the gratings and broken cardamom. Add 1/2 cup of milk.Saute until it is cooked. It should absorb all the milk.Add sugar and stir well.Add the food color and mix it well. Now add remaining milk and cook on low flame till the gratings are cooked soft and all the milk is absorbed. Now the halwa should be in a semi solid stage. Add ghee little by little to it.Keep stirring until the excess ghee comes out.This stage shows that halwa is ready. Then add the fried nuts, raisins ,saffron and switch off the flame.