Kharek Pak

A nourishing sweet made from dried dates (kharek) cooked in ghee with milk, sugar, cardamom, and dry ginger until dense and fudge-like. Date palms are native to the Kutch desert landscape and kharek pak is a traditional winter preparation offered to new mothers and the elderly — the Kutchi and Kathiyawadi version of the pan-Islamic date sweet, with the added warmth of ginger.