Bidisha's Corner

Saturday 29 November 2014

Pumpkin Pie / Kaddu ka Halwa

INGREDIENTS:
Red Pumpkin grated (3 cups). 

Sugar (1 1/4 cup).
Ghee (2 TBs).
Cardamom (4-5).
Cardamom powder (1 TBs).
Full cream milk (1 cup).

PROCEDURE:
Heat ghee in pressure cooker, cardamom and as they pop up, add grated pumpkin to it and saute well, now add milk and pressure cook it for 2-3 whistles, remove the lid and allow it to cook, so that excess milk gets evaporated, now add sugar and stir well so that whole sugar gets melted up, and mixes with the contents in the cooker, now add cardamom powder and cook it, till whole gravy evaporates and the contents leaves the walls of pan and forms a dough like.
Our halwa is ready to be served. Garnishing suggested as per taste. But pumpkin halwa taste awesome even with out garnishing, or adding cashew-raisins etc.

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