Indian Recipes : South Indian : Kasi Halwa Recipe

KASI HALWA RECIPE

• Peel, deseed and cut the pumpkin into very small cubes.
  
  
• Grind the cardamom with the 1 tablespoon sugar to a fine powder, sieve and keep aside. Heat 2 tablespoons of ghee and fry cashewnuts to golden brown and keep aside.
  
  
• Boil the remaining sugar with ¾th cup water and make syrup of one-thread consistency.
  
  
• Heat 4 tablespoons of ghee and sauté the pumpkin for a few minutes, add the saffron and the milk.
  
  
• Simmer over low heat till the pumpkin is fully cooked and the milk is absorbed totally. Stir and mash the pumpkin lightly with a wooden spatula while cooking.
  
  
• Add the syrup slowly to the pulp and continue stirring and cooking. Add the ghee little by little till it is completely absorbed.
  
  
• Sprinkle the cardamom powder and the camphor. Add the fried cashewnuts and continue cooking till the halwa starts leaving the sides of the vessel.