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 

Fig with Tomato Halwa

Fig is a good source of hemoglobin, which is very good for aneamic patients and also we can prepare fig as halwa, chutney or juice. Along with the mutton biriyani we prepare this Sweet.

INGREDIENTS:

Fig fruit (honey soaked) – 2 tbspn

Ripened tomato – 5 no’s

Dates– 5

Sugar – 50 grms

Cardomom – 2

Ghee – 1 tbspn

Butter – 1 tbspn

Cashew nut – 25 grms

METHOD:

Boil the tomatoes in hot water so that the skin can be easily removed.

In a pressure cooker put the skin peeled tomatoes along with dates, figs, cardamom and butter, mix it well and make them to boil.

Cook them  till all the water goes  and  add the sugar to it, stir well for halwa consistency.

Roast the cashews in ghee and finally add to the halwa.

Very delicious and healthy  tomato fig  halwa is ready.

NOTES:

Fig is a good source of hemoglobin, which is very good for aneamic patients and also we can prepare fig as halwa, chutney or juice.

 15.10.12 - Asiya's Feast of sacrifice