Hearty (Healthy) Halwa

Ingredients

pineapple chunks - 1 cup
milk - 2 cups
carrots (medium) - 2
semolina (bombay rava) - 1 cup
powdered jaggery or brown sugar - 3/4 cup
ghee - 1/2 cup
cardamom (seed powdered)- 4
cashews - 10

Method

1. Wash and cut carrots.
2. Add 1/8 cup water to carrots and pressure cook.
3. Blend pineapples chunks and cooked carrots in a blender to a smooth paste. Keep aside
4. Add half of ghee and fry semolina until it gives out nice aroma, keep it aside.
5. Heat remaining ghee (keep 1 teaspoon aside to fry cashews).
6. Add pineapple carrot paste and cook until it is almost dry (about 20 minutes on medium fire).
7. Keep the milk to boil and when milk starts to boil, add semolina slowly stirring all the while so that lumps are not formed.
8. Cover it and cook for 3 minutes.
9. Then add pineapple carrot paste and jaggary.
10. Mix well and cook until the mixture forms a soft ball.
11. Add powdered cardamom and transfer to a serving plate.
12. Decorate with cashews fried in ghee.