Friday, November 26, 2010

Pumpkin halwa ( Pumpkin pie indian style)


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Ingredients:
  • red pumpkin – 2 ½ cup (chopped)
  • Almond - 1 tsp
  • Cashew - 5 tsp
  • Milk - 2 cups
  • Sugar - 2 tsp
  • milk cream - ½ cup
  • Raisins - 1 tsp
  • Ghee - 4 tsp
Method:
  • Heat some ghee in a pan.
  • Fry the cashew, raisins until brown and keep aside.
  • Cook pumpkin with 1 cup of milk.
  • When it is half cooked, add remaining milk and grind it with almond, milk cream  and cashew nuts.
  • In a heavy bottomed vessel, add some ghee, sugar and ground pumpkin.
  • Cook it in a low flame and stirring all the while until the halwa get thicker and ghee floats on top.
  • Then transfer it to greased plate and spread it.
  • Garnish with fried raisins and cashews.

5 comments:

  1. First time seeing red pumpkin! Bet it tastes good!

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  2. This sounds delicious! What a great alternative to the usual pumpkin pie :)!

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  3. A pumpkin halwa sounds really good!

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  4. Is it worth trying.Yes definitely I will try...

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  5. thanks for ur comments sirajsarang...

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