Kasi Halwa Recipe with step by step pictures. This poosanikai halwa recipe or White pumpkin halwa is an easy halwa recipe made with white pumpkin, sugar and ghee as main ingredients.
Kasi Halwa
We do make carrot halwa quite often, since it is hubby's favorite one. And amma
makes mysorepak often. Sweets really don’t need a particular time to make,
whenever we feel to indulge just go ahead and whip up something. My favorite is badam halwa
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About Kasi Halwa (Kashi Halwa Recipe)
One evening after a simple lunch, my sweet tooth started to crave something sweet. I thought of making carrot halwa, but I ran out of them. Then I found a decent piece of
white pumpkin lying around and decided to try out a halwa using those.
This halwa is quite simple and calls for simple ingredients. But the halwa turns out
so shiny with a glaze. Loved it to the core and if you want to make a big batch of halwa then use quite a lot of white pumpkin, because this veg shrinks a lot than I thought, and I got a small bowl of halwa once it finished it. But a little goes a long way, you only need a small portion for each person. So try this out and let me know how it turns out for you.
Ingredients for Kasi Halwa Recipe (Poosanikai Halwa recipe)
- White Pumpkin - 2 cups grated
- Water - ¼ cup
- Sugar - ¾ cup
- Ghee - 2 tbsp
- Cardamom powder - ½ tsp
- Edible yellow food coloring - a pinch
- Cashews - 1 tbsp broken into small pieces
How to Make Kasi Halwa (Poosanikai Halwa recipe)
- Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a kadai.
- Add in cashews and fry it in the ghee. Once it turn golden, remove it and set aside.
- Now Add in grated white pumpkin and water. Saute it well in ghee.
- Now cook this for 10 mins till it is completely cooked. You can cover this while cooking.
- Once the pumpkin is cooked, add sugar and mix well.
- Keep stiring till the sugar dissolves, it will get watery first and then it will start to boil and get thick.
- At that point add in cardamom powder and ghee.
- Keep stiring, at one point the halwa will leave the sides and form a mass.
- At this point add in cashews and mix well.
- Serve warm or cold.
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Kasi Halwa Recipe | Kashi Halwa Recipe | Poosanikai Halwa Recipe | White Pumpkin Halwa
Ingredients
- 2 cups White Pumpkin grated
- ¼ cup Water
- ¾ cup Sugar
- 2 tbsp Ghee
- ½ tsp Cardamom powder
- Edible yellow food colouring
- 1 tbsp Cashews broken into small pieces
Instructions
- Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a kadai.
- Add in cashews and fry it in the ghee. Once it turn golden, remove it and set aside.
- Now Add in grated white pumpkin and water. Saute it well in ghee.
- Now cook this for 10 mins till it is completely cooked. You can cover this while cooking.
- Once the pumpkin is cooked, add sugar and mix well.
- Keep stiring till the sugar dissolves, it will get watery first and then it will start to boil and get thick.
- At that point add in cardamom powder and ghee.
- Keep stiring, at one point the halwa will leave the sides and form a mass.
- At this point add in cashews and mix well.
- Serve warm or cold.
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Kasi Halwa Recipe Step by Step
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| Heat ghee in a non stick kadai |
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| Add in cashews |
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| Fry till golden and remove it from ghee |
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| Now in the leftover ghee, |
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| Add in grated pumpkin, water and mix well |
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| Saute this for few mins. and cook till the pumpkin is completely cooked |
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| Now it is cooked |
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Once it is cooked, add in sugar and mix
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Keep this stiring, now the sugar will start melting
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| After few mins the sugar will start to get thick |
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| Keep stiring at this point |
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Add in cardamom powder
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Food coloring
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Mix well
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| Add in ghee and mix well |
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| The mix will start to leave the sides |
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| And the color will get dark and the halwa will be thick |
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| Add in fried cashews and mix well |
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| Halwa done |
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| Serve |
Hamaree Rasoi
Lavish and lovely looking halwa.
Deepa
Nishmitha Bhandarkar
Lovely dea but pls can u tell me Wat white pumpkin called in konkani.....
Aarthi
@Nishmitha BhandarkarI am not sure..but it looks like this
http://www.anupamablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Ash-Gourd.jpg
Sumi
Hi aarthi.. I made this today... It was jus awesome... Love to send u the photo.. But don't know how.. Colour little different.. I used lemon yellow colour.. Maybe coz of that
Anonymous
Can we use jagerry instead of sugar? To make it more healthier
Aarthi
@AnonymousIt will totally change the taste, not sure how it will turn out. But i think u can use.
Dharsini
Hi Aarthi,
I tried this today using desi Sugar instead of normal white color one. The color was very nice and taste too.. Also if we add desi sugar, no need to add some artificial color. The color looks awesome. Its similar to the one you showed it in your picture.
Niyakutty
Can I use yellow pumpkin instead of white pumpkin?
Aarthi
@Niyakuttyyes u can use
Mythri A S
I made halwa today for the first time seeing your recepi. It was very tasty and delicious.. Thanks a lot Aarti.
Anonymous
It is called dhave(white) kuvaale in Konkani
Viji
For how many days this halwa can be kept
Aarthi
@Vijiu can keep it in fridge for a week
nidhi
my mouth started watering when i saw ur recipe.and i am 16 yrs i only made it in my home and really all p raised me for it .but the real credit should go to u mam .thank u very much.pls make still more recipes
Mary Glaicy
Hi. Ur recipe is so very good. One doubt. Is two tspn ghee enough for the pumpkin halwa. I have that doubt. Thanks
Riyaz
But my halwa tastes little salty. Why?
saranya babu
Hi made it today turned out perfect thanks!