Ingredients

• 2 cup - grated coconut, fresh (frozen also can be used)
• 1/2 cup - rice, uncooked
• 1/2 cup - sugar
• 2 tsp - ghee
• 1/4 tsp - cardamom powder
• For Garnish:
• Cashews and raisins, sauteed in some ghee

How to Make Coconut Halwa

• Soak rice in enough water for 2 to 3 hours or until rice becomes soft. Grind the soaked rice and grated coconut into a very fine paste by adding a little water.
• It should be a smooth paste. Keep aside.
• In a non-stick pan, make sugar of one string consistency.
• Then immediately add the cardamom powder and ground coconut-rice paste and keep stirring until it becomes thick and leaves the sides of the pan.
• Just before turning off the flame, add ghee and mix well.
• Garnish it with fried cashew and raisins.