Just to share with you……
I like Halwa made of white pumpkin. This halwa is common in food in small occassions. I just thought of making halwa using Yellow/Red pumpkin which has natural sweetness in it. I thought of making it like carrot halwa but before doing that I made quick search in web. I tried out the recipe I got and here is the same for you.
Ingredients
1. Pumpkin – 5 cups(grated)
2. Milk – 1 cup
3. Sugar – 1 cup or to taste
4. Honey – 1 cup
5. Cardamom – 5
6. Cashew nuts – 10 (broken into small pieces)
7. Ghee – ½ cup
Note : use same cup for measuring all.
Preparation
- Peel the outer skin and grate the pumpkin. Keep it aside.
- Roast the cashew nuts in ghee and broken into small pieces.Keep it aside.
- Take a pan and heat with 1 tsp of ghee and add the grated pumpkin.
- Stir well in low flame till the raw smell disappears. (Note -Raw smell should go away completely)
- Then add milk and cook till the pumpkin is tender.
- Then add honey(optional) and sugar. Stir continuously.
- Add 4 tsp of ghee and stir well till the ghee floats.
- Finally add roasted cashew nuts and cardamom powder.
- Pumpkin halwa is ready. Serve hot or cold.
Just to share with you………
Red pumpkin masala puri is a different kind of poori made with grated red pumpkin.This is a colorful poori too.
Red Pumpkin Masala poori
Ingredients
1. Pumpkin Piece (grated) – 1/4 cup2. Chilli Powder – 1/2 tsp3. Salt to taste
4. Sugar – 1/4 tsp
5. Ajwain (Omam) – 1 tsp
6. Chopped Coriander and Mint leaves
7. Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp
8. Oil for Kneading – 2 tsp and for frying.
9. Wheat flour 1 cup
10. Water to knead
Preparation
1. Mix Grated Pumpkin, Mint and Coriander leaves, Salt, Sugar, Chilli powder, Ajwain , Turmeric Powder, Oil and wheat flour.
2.Knead into thick dough sprinkling some water. (here water consumption will be less)
3. Keep aside for 15 minutes and Roll into small size Pooris
4. Fry in Hot Oil.
5.Serve hot with potatomasala /Raita /Pickles
