Pumpkin/Kaddu ka Halwa
 
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An easy Indian dessert recipe made from pumpkin, milk and clarified butter
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 2 tbsp ghee, or clarified butter
  • 500 ml milk (preferably, full fat)
  • 1 kg pumpkin, grated ( I got 900gms of grated pumpkin from 1 kg of whole pumpkin)
  • 150 grams sugar
  • 200 grams khoya (if not using khoya, increase milk to 1 litre)
  • ½ tsp cinnamon powder or green cardamom powder (optional)
Instructions
  1. In a thick bottom pan, heat the ghee.
  2. Once melted add the grated pumpkin and cook on high flame, stirring often. Cook the grated pumpkin till the ghee separates and the water from the pumpkin evaporates. The longer you cook (or bhunno) the pumpkin the better the results will be. This will take some time, about 15 minutes. As the pumpkin dries out, it will start sticking to the pan so make sure you keep stirring it constantly.
  3. When the water evaporates and the ghee separates, add the milk and again cook on high flame for 15 minutes. Cook till the mixture is no longer liquidy and the ghee separates again. If you do not have access to khoya, add 1 litre milk and cook it till the mixture dries out. This would take longer.
  4. Add the sugar in. And cook for another 5-10 minutes.
  5. Last, add in the khoya, grated and cook for another 5-10 minutes, stirring constantly. You can reduce the heat to medium-high at this stage. Sprinkle green cardamom or cinnamon powder. Mix, and remove from heat.
  6. Serve war garnished with almond slivers.
Recipe by The Novice Housewife at https://novicehousewife.com/2014/06/03/garam-masala-tuesdays-chhetri-bhaiyas-pumpkinkaddu-ka-halwa/