Serves – 4 Cooking Time – 30 minutes Ingredients: Dried figs 200 grams Ghee 3 tablespoons Almonds ½ cup Milk powder 1/3 cup Khoya – 100 gm Sugar 4 tbsp Cardamom powder ¼ tsp For garnish: Silver Varaq Preparation : Blanch, peel and powder ½ cup almonds. Cook the figs in boiling water for about 3 to 5 minutes. Drain and puree them in a food processor. Keep aside. Heat the ghee in a heavy-bottomed pan, add the powdered almonds and saute over a medium flame for about 2 minutes. Add the pureed figs, milk powder, khoya, sugar with ½ cup of water and cook for about 5 minutes till the sugar has dissolved, stirring continuously. Add the cardamom powder and mix well. Serve hot, garnished with slivered almonds. Tip: You can top leftover halwa with vanilla or butterscotch ice-cream
