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Kasi Halwa Recipe / White Pumpkin Halwa Recipe / Poosanikai Halwa Recipe

July 29, 2014 By Aarthi 17 Comments

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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

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..
Preparation Time : 5
mins
Cooking Time : 25 to
30 mins
Serves : 2 to 3
Ingredients:
White Pumpkin – 2
cups grated
Water – 1/4 cup
Sugar – 3/4 cup
Ghee – 2 tblspn
Cardamom powder
–  1/2 tsp
Edible yellow food
colouring – a pinch
Cashews – 1 tblspn
broken into small pieces
Method:
Heat 1 tblspn 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.
Pictorial:
Heat
ghee in a non stick kadai

Add
in cashews

Fry
till golden and remove it from ghee

Now
in the leftover ghee, 

Add
in grated pumpkin, water and mix well

Saute
this for few mins. and cook till the
pumpkin is completely cooked

Now it is cooked

Once it is cooked,
add in sugar and mix 

Keep this stiring,
now the sugar will start melting

After
few mins the sugar will start to get thick

Keep
stiring at this point

Add in cardamom
powder

Food colouring

Mix well

Add
in ghee and mix well

The
mix will start to leave the sides

And
the colour will get dark and the
halwa will be thick

Add
in fried cashews and mix well

Halwa done

Serve

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  1. Hamaree Rasoi

    July 30, 2014 at 5:46 pm

    Lavish and lovely looking halwa.
    Deepa

    Reply
  2. Nishmitha Bhandarkar

    October 15, 2014 at 12:05 pm

    Lovely dea but pls can u tell me Wat white pumpkin called in konkani…..

    Reply
  3. Aarthi

    October 16, 2014 at 5:30 pm

    @Nishmitha BhandarkarI am not sure..but it looks like this
    http://www.anupamablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Ash-Gourd.jpg

    Reply
  4. Sumi

    November 8, 2014 at 2:16 pm

    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

    Reply
  5. Anonymous

    February 23, 2015 at 9:02 am

    Can we use jagerry instead of sugar? To make it more healthier

    Reply
  6. Aarthi

    February 23, 2015 at 4:02 pm

    @AnonymousIt will totally change the taste, not sure how it will turn out. But i think u can use.

    Reply
  7. Dharsini

    April 30, 2015 at 9:27 am

    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.

    Reply
  8. Niyakutty

    August 24, 2015 at 7:42 am

    Can I use yellow pumpkin instead of white pumpkin?

    Reply
  9. Aarthi

    August 25, 2015 at 9:47 am

    @Niyakuttyyes u can use

    Reply
  10. Mythri A S

    December 4, 2015 at 8:53 am

    I made halwa today for the first time seeing your recepi. It was very tasty and delicious.. Thanks a lot Aarti.

    Reply
  11. Anonymous

    December 4, 2015 at 9:26 pm

    It is called dhave(white) kuvaale in Konkani

    Reply
  12. Viji

    March 2, 2016 at 1:38 pm

    For how many days this halwa can be kept

    Reply
  13. Aarthi

    March 2, 2016 at 5:29 pm

    @Vijiu can keep it in fridge for a week

    Reply
  14. nidhi

    March 21, 2016 at 10:58 am

    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

    Reply
  15. Mary Glaicy

    March 9, 2017 at 2:35 am

    Hi. Ur recipe is so very good. One doubt. Is two tspn ghee enough for the pumpkin halwa. I have that doubt. Thanks

    Reply
  16. Riyaz

    October 30, 2018 at 7:12 pm

    But my halwa tastes little salty. Why?

    Reply
  17. saranya babu

    August 23, 2020 at 12:53 pm

    Hi made it today turned out perfect thanks!

    Reply

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