Take a wide, thick bottomed, kadai and add whole milk to the kadai to boil. Keep the stove in medium heat until it became hot.
When the milk becomes hot,stir occasionally while simmering the milk or else the milk will stick to the bottom
Keep the stove in the medium to low flame while simmering the milk and stir occasionally.
When the milk is half boiled or thickens then add sugar and stir well.
Then reduce the flame to low and stir more occasionally then add cardamom powder.If you want you can powder with sugar and cardamom and use can use that power too.
Thicken the milk until it becomes 1/3 by stirring and turn of the stove.let it cool down little bit
Then take the mixture in to the bowl and then add chopped nuts and raisins and mix well.
Then fill this mixture in the matka's and cover it with silver foil. then refrigerate the mixture for 2 hrs .
Finally , garnish the Matka Malai with saffron and serve chilled on hot summer days or else as a dessert after your meal.