Kasi Halwa/Vellai poosanikkai Halwa/Halwa Receipe/white pumpkin halwa

                                      

Ingredients:

Ash gourd / white pumpkin - Medium size(Grated)

Ash gourd squeezed water - 200-250ml

Sugar - Equal amount of squeezed ash gourd

Ghee - 4 to 7 teaspoons

Cardamom powder - 2 pinch

Edible camphor (Pachai karpooram) - a pinch 

Cashew – few

Method:

> Take a Medium size white Pumpkin

> Now grate the pumpkin

> Its all grated well

> Take a cotton cloth, put the grated pumpkin and squeeze it

> Squeezed water is ready 

> Take a sugar is equal to squeezed pumpkin 

> In a Pan add 3 teaspoons of ghee 

> Once Ghee heated add cashews and fry. Keep it separately

> In the same pan add squeezed pumpkin water and make it boil

> Once boiled well add grated pumpkin

> Give a stir

> Add two spoons of ghee and give a stir

> Now add sugar and pinch of cardamom powder

> Give a stir 

> Mix well and make a Halwa consistency

> Finally add a pinch of camphor 

> Kasi halwa is ready to serve

Recipe :

> Take a medium size white pumpkin and remove the skin and soft portion of the pumpkin

>Take a cotton cloth and squeeze the grated pumpkin well using your hands. Collect the water in a bowl and keep it aside. Measure the squeezed ash gourd and take an equal amount of sugar

> In a Pan add Ghee. Once Ghee heated add cashews and fry. Keep it aside

>In the same pan pours the squeezed ash gourd water and boil it . while boiling add the squeezed ash gourd and cook it for 5-7 minutes in medium flame until the ash gourd absorbs complete water

>After the Ash gourd is cooked well and all the water is absorbed, add 2 Teaspoons of Ghee.

> Mix well then add sugar and pinch of cardamom powder

>When it starts to become thick and leave the sides of the pan,  stir well and switch off the flame

Tips:

 

>You can add food color or saffron

>sugar should be an equal ratio or more.

>Adding a pinch of camphor (Pachai karpooram )will give you a divine feeling.should not add more.

> Receipe by Aarthi Manikandan.

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