DATES HALWA

A healthy and nutritious sweet which can be made with very little ghee and sugar is dates halwa. The very healthy dates are combined with good amount of milk and cooked till the great tasting yummy halwa is formed. As the naturally sweet dates are used very little amount of sugar is used. You can also skip the ghee which I have used in my recipe. Give it a try.
INGREDIENTS

• Pitted Dates            1 cup
• Milk                         2 cups
• Sugar                      1/4 cup 
• Ghee                        2 Tsp
• Nuts                        of your choice
• Cardamom             a pinch

PROCEDURE
Soak the dates in one cup of milk for an hour.
Grind the dates to a fine paste.
In a non stick pan add the milk, dates paste, sugar.
Keep the flame high and let the mixture cook. Keep on stirring.  
When the mixture tends to become thick(in about 15 minutes) reduce the flame and add the ghee.
Keep stirring till the halwa leaves the edges of the pan.
Finally add the ghee fried nuts and the cardamom. Serve hot or cold.
TIPS

• Can use honey instead of sugar.
• You can also reduce the ghee or even skip the ghee totally.
• Initially the mixture will be light in color, at the final stage the halwa becomes dark.