Halwa :

1.                                       Ashoka Halwa [Moongdal Halwa]

Ingredients:

• Boiled Moong Dal - 1 cup
• Wheat Flour - 1 cup
• Ghee - 1 1/4 cup
• Sugar - 2 cup
• Cardamom powder - 1 sp
• Food Colour - 2 drops [Green or Red]
• Cashewnuts - 10
• Resins - 10.

Method :

Boil the moong dal in cooker. Make sure that the dal is not over cooked. After removing the dal from the cooker, mix the sugar to that & keep aside. Keep one heavy kadai on the gas & pour the ghee, add cashews, resins along with wheat flour. Fry till the cashews become light brown in colour. Then add the mixture [of moong dal] to that & keep on stirring so that the halwa doesn't stick in the vessel. At this time add food colour, cardamom powder to the halwa. Lower the flame, stir for 5 more mins. Remove from the gas. Enjoy the ashoka halwa.

Variation :

You can also add 1 cup of milk powder along with wheat flour inorder to give you more taste.
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2.                                          Dudhi Halwa [Suraikai]

Ingredients:

• Medium size dudhi [Grated] - 1
• Milk - 1/2 litre
• Sweetless kova [Mawa] - 100 gms
• Sugar - 500 gms
• Ghee - 50 gms
• Cardamom powder - 1 sp
• Broken dry fruits - 2 tbl sp [For Garnising]
• Food colour - 2 drops [Green].

Method:

Keep one non-stick kadai on the gas & put 2 tbl sp of  ghee & add grated dudhi to that & fry for 10 mins. When the raw smell goes, add milk to that. Allow to boil for 15 mins in low flame. In between stir the halwa. When the milk is completely absorbed, add the mawa [or kowa] to that along with sugar. Add 2 drops of food colour [green] to that & mix well. When the halwa becomes thick, non sticking the vessel, [i.e; it should not stick towards the vessel] add cardamom powder & broken dry fruits. Remove from the gas. Enjoy the halwa hot or cool.
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3.                                                   Carrot Halwa

Ingredients:

• Grated carrots - 3 cups
• Milk - 2 cups
• Sugar - 2 cups
• Ghee - 1 1/2 tbl sp
• Cardamom powder - 1/4 sp
• Cashewnuts & Resins - 10.

Method:

Add milk to grated carrots & pressure cook till one whistle. Mix sugar to this & keep stirring in heavy kadai in a medium flame. When the milk is completely absorbed, add half of the ghee & fry for 3 mins & remove from the gas. Then fry cashews & resins in the remaining ghee & mix it with halwa with cardamom powder. Your mouth watering halwa is ready to serve.

Variation:

Add 200 gms crumbled plain mawa [Sweetless Kova] when the halwa is 3/4th cooked. Grind the carrots to smooth paste after cooking & then follow the recipe.