Dessert Delight/ Tri Fruits Halwa

Dessert Delight or  Tri Fruits Halwa:

Ingredients

Dates                - 200 grams 

black raisins      - 25 grams

figs                    - 25 gram

thick milk           - 100 ml

sugar                 - 2 tbspn

nuts                   - 50 grams  (badam,pista,walnut,cashew)

saffron               - half tspn

Method

Remove seeds from dates.

Dates, raisins, figs - - -    soak for  5 minutes in a hot water 

Add milk and grind in a mixer/blender.

In a pan,  add ghee (or) butter .  

Add ground dates and  stir well  continuously, while it cooks for 5 minutes.
 Add sugar and saffron.   Keep stirring and mixing  continuously so that  it does not stick to the pan. 

Add the mixed nuts.  (Note:  For a variation:   You can grind the nuts with little milk and add it) 

When the ghee oozes out and the halwa comes out to a nice texture, remove from heat. 

Saffron and Raisins are a good cure for common cold. 

You can use this as a jam to spread it on a bread slice to give it as a snack to the kids. 

Nithu  bala's delicious date event & Healthy morsel Baby and Toodler foods.Srivall's kids delight hosted by UK rasoi & Amina's Quest Quest event.

15.10.12  Linking to Asiya's Feast of sacrifice