Kashi Halwa/ Kumbala kai halwa

Ingredients:

Winter melon- 3 cups
Sugar - 2 cups [as per taste]
cardamon - 1/2 tsp
powder
edible food color- a pinch dissolved in water
saffron -[optional]
ghee -3 tsp
Cashew nuts-1 tsp
raisins -1 tsp

Method:

• Peal up the wintermelon ,remove all the seeds and grate it and keep aside.
• Take a heavy bottom pan,add 1 tsp of ghee, add the grated wintermelon to it and saute till it almost becomed dry.
• Mean while roast the dry fruits in little ghee
• Now add the sugar and saffron and keep stirring till all the liquid evaporates and comes out as a single mass.The add cardammon powder and 2 tsp of ghee.roasted dry fruits and stir properly.
• Remove from the fire and serve hot or after cooling.