Ingredients:

• Potato – 1 cup (cut into small pieces)
• white pumpkin – 1 cup (cut into small pieces)
• Carrot – 1 cup (cut into small pieces)
• Moong dal – 2 cups
• Sugar – 4.5 to 5 cups
• Cardamom – 4-5 pods (powdered)
• Cashew – 10
• Ghee – 1 cup

Method:

1. Cook all the vegetables with very little water, till tender. Drain off all the excess water. Now grind the cooked vegetables into a smooth paste. Keep aside.
2. Fry moong dal till it produces nice aroma.
3. Soak the fried dal for 1 hour in water then cook and grind it into a smooth paste.
4. In a heavy bottom vessel, add the mixed vegetable paste, moong dal paste, sugar and ghee.
5. Cook till it reaches halwa consistency. Take it off the heat.
6. Fry cashew halves in a little ghee and add to it. Add cardamom powder to the halwa. Serve warm or cold.

Recipe courtesy of Uma