Quick Rotti Halwa

In 2009 I tried Rotti Halwa with tea rusk.The taste was ok-ok. Last year I tried it with white bread. Arun used to tell me how my cousin in Kendall Park made this once. I created a short cut version of it based on my mom's idea ;-)

Ingredients:
1. White bread  - 3 slices
2. Sugar - 1.5 cup
3. Cold water - 2.5 cups
4. Ghee - 3/4 cup
5. Cashew nut - 10 nos.
6. Cardamom - 6 nos.

Recipe:
1. Medium toast the bread slices.

2. Grind the bread to crumbs in a blender. This should be about a cup.

3. In a cooker, take two spoons of ghee and add the bread crumbs. Fry for 2 minutes.

3. Add cold water and keep boiling till the bread crumbs become soft.

4. Add sugar and mix it well.
5. Add half a cup of ghee and close the cooker with its lid. Keep on medium flame.

6. Wait for 8 whistles and switch the flame off and remove the lid after the steam is out.
7. The mix will be watery now. So keep stirring it for 30-45 minutes on medium flame. The mix will be semi solid now.
7. In a kadai, add two spoons of ghee and fry the cashew nuts.
8. After cashews become golden brown, put it in the cooker along with some cardamom.

You must be wondering how this is quick?? This has taken more than 1.5 hours!! Well, the traditional way of making this halwa does not involve pressure cooker. This will easily add 4-5 hours of stirring!! Now you do the math... Ain't it quick?? :)