Rediff reader and food blogger Srividhya Ravikumar shares a scrumptious Kasi Halwa recipe.
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I have been cooking since childhood and I love experimenting with my own recipes. As Diwali is approaching here is a great traditional sweet recipe," writes Srividhya.
Here’s how to make Kasi Halwa / White Pumpkin Halwa:
Ingredients
- 1 cup white pumpkin, grated
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tbsp ghee
- 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
- A pinch of saffron
- Half a pinch of edible camphor
- 1 tbsp broken cashewnuts
Method
- Fry cashewnuts in little ghee till they turn golden brown colour and keep aside.
- Take a fine muslin cloth, filter the grated pumpkin.
- Boil the filtered pumpkin water in a heavy bottomed pan.
- Add saffron, pumpkin pulp and let it cook on low flame till the raw smell goes away.
- Add sugar, mix and let it cook again.
- When it starts getting a glossy look, add ghee, cardamom powder, edible camphor. Mix well and cook again.
- When it leaves the sides of the pan, add fried cashewnut. Mix well and turn off heat.
- Serve hot.
Photograph: www.vidhuskitchen.in
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