Chocolate Fudge from Lonavala

Everyone loves chocolate fudge, and my fondest memories of fudge are of those from Lonavala, a tiny hill station in west India. No one visiting this place can leave without buying a generous amount of Lonavala's famous chocolate fudge!

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Yields: 20 squares

Ingredients

• 400  g sweetened condensed milk
• 100  g  chopped  almonds or 100  g walnuts or 100  g peanuts or 100  g cashews (or use a mixture of nuts)
• 1⁄2 cup  unsweetened cocoa powder
• 50  g butter
• 3⁄4 cup sugar

Directions

1. Grease a shallow dish with butter.
2. Pour condensed milk into a thick-bottomed pan.
3. Add butter, sugar, cocoa powder and the chopped nuts into the pan.
4. Stir continuously on a low flame till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan (about 15 minutes).
5. Remove from flame and pour evenly into the prepared greased dish.
6. Allow to cool and set, and cut into 1 inch squares.
7. Store in an airtight tin in the refrigerator.