Kaddu ka Halwa

Ingredients:

1) Red pumpkin: 2 1/2 cups grated.
2) Milk: 1 cup.
3) Sugar: 1 cup.
4) Dry fruits ( Cashew/ almonds/raisins): as required.
5) Ghee: 6 tsp.
6) Cardamom: 4.

Procedure:
1) Add 1 tsp of ghee to sauce pan and fry the dry fruits individually till golden brown and keep them aside.
2) Add 1 tsp ghee to the sauce pan and add grated pumpkin, cook it till the rawness is gone.
3) Add the milk to the cooked pumpkin and let it cook till pumpkin is tender.
4) Stir continuously while cooking. Add sugar and cook till it looses the moisture.
5) Add the remaining ghee and keep stirring till the ghee oozes out.
6) Powder the Cardamom seeds with a little sugar.
7) Switch off the stove and add Cardamom to the Halwa and mix well.
8) Decorate with the dry fruits.
9) Serve hot or cold. Goes well with Gulab Jamoon or Icecream.