Heat ¼ cup of ghee in a pan
Put the cashews and pistachios, fry it, once it is half done add raisins
Take off the nuts and raisins, keep aside
In the same pan with remaining ghee, add shredded bottle gourd, saute it for 7 minutes in medium flame
Pour ½ cup of milk and mix well, boil it for 7 minutes till milk shrinks
Add 1 cup of Kova, and mix well
now add sugar (1/2 cup+1tbsp), mix well
Keep stirring till it reaches the halwa consistency in medium flame
At one stage, bottle gourd won't stick on the pan, gathers as mass, it will take 12 minutes, after adding sugar
Now add ¼ tsp of cardamom powder, mix well
finally, add the nuts and raisins sauteed in ghee, Halwa is ready