Papaya Halwa

Ingredients:

Ripe Papaya            -  1 nos(about 1 kg size)
Milk                        -  1 cup (200 ml)
Sugar                      -  1 1/2 cups
Cardamom powder -  1/2 tea spoon
Ghee                       -  2 table spoons
Cashew(Optional)    -  1 table spoon

1.  Peel, remove seeds and and cut papayas into small cubes.
2.  Take the milk in a thick bottomed vessel and add the diced papayas into it and cook till the papayas are soft and done.
3.  Allow the papayas to cool and then grind it in a mixer along with sugar, without adding water..
4.  Heat ghee in a kadai and add the ground paste and stir cook.
5.  Within 5 - 7 mins the ghee will split out, add the cardamom powder and halwa is ready.
6.  Heat 1 tea spoon of ghee in a kadai, add the cashews and once they are golden brown add it to the halwa.
7.  It tastes terrific served hot or chilled.