Gil-E-Firdaus

Recipe name-Gil-E-Firdaus

Ingredients -¼ cup rice
1 tbsp ghee
½ cup bottle gourd grated
1 ltr milk

1/2tsp cardamom powder
1/4cup khoya grated
50 gms sugar or to taste
few drops of rose essence
10 almonds cut into silvered

5 cahewnuts chopped

Few dried rose petals  
few fresh  rose petals and almonds tp garnish

Method - wash and soak rice for 30 minutes to 1 hour. In a pan boil water and add the pumpkin cook till soft, drain and keep aside. Heat the ghee in a non stick pan, add the bottle gourd and sauté till all the moisture dries up. Add the rice and sauté for five minutes. Add the milk and cook, stirring continuously for ten minutes. Add cardamom powder and continue to cook, stirring, for five to ten minutes Add  the almonds, cashew nuts and dried rose petals and mix well. Add the khoya and stir to mix well. Add the Sugar and cook, stirring, for five minutes or till all the sugar dissolves. Remove from heat. Add the rose essence and mix well. Pour into serving bowl and cool. Serve chilled garnished by few fresh rose petals and almonds.