How to make Kasi Halwa -
A delicious halwa with white pumpkin.
This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.
Main Ingredients : White Pumpkin (सफेद कद्दू ), Milk (दूध)
Cuisine : Tamil Nadu
Course : Desserts
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Kasi Halwa Recipe Card
The highly developed and sensitive palates of the Tamilians are well chronicled in the Sangam classics. They believe that food should ideally cater to all the six tastes - bitter, pungent, sweet, salty, sour and astringent.
Tamil Nadu has a wide variety of delicious food both for the vegetarians as well as the non-vegetarians, though most of it is made of grains, lentils, rice and vegetables. Spices are added to give a distinctive taste. Rice has been the staple diet of the Tamilians, an inculcated habit, due to the large-scale cultivation of the crop in the state.
Chettinad cuisine, a speciality in Tamil Nadu, is famous for its hot and spicy non-vegetarian food. A part of the Mudaliar community is non-vegetarians and its cuisine is delightfully spicy without being too hot. Wet masalas are generally used, the main ingredients being fresh coconut paste and ground ginger-garlic.
Prep Time : 16-20 minutes
Cook time : 41-50 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Moderate
Taste : Sweet
Ingredients for Kasi Halwa Recipe
White Pumpkin 1 kilogram
Milk 4
Sugar 1 1/2 cups
Pure ghee 1 cup
Cashewnuts 12
Saffron (kesar) a few strands
Milk 1 cup
Edible camphor a pinch
Method
Step 1
Peel, wash, deseed and cut pumpkin into very small cubes. Grind cardamoms with one tablespoon sugar to a fine powder, sieve and keep aside.
Step 2
Heat two tablespoons of ghee and fry cashewnuts to golden brown and keep aside. Boil remaining sugar with three fourth cup water and make syrup of one-thread consistency.
Step 3
Heat four tablespoons of ghee and sauté the pumpkin cubes for a few minutes. Add saffron and milk. Simmer over low heat till the pumpkin is fully cooked and the milk is absorbed totally.
Step 4
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 remaining ghee little by little till it is completely absorbed.
Step 5
Sprinkle cardamom powder and camphor. Add the fried cashewnuts and continue cooking till the halwa starts leaving the sides of the vessel.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 3206 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 412.4 gm
Protein : 23.1 gm
Fat : 162.4 gm
Other : 0
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