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Kaddu Halwa Recipe | Easy Pumpkin Halwa Recipe

Easy pumpkin halwa recipe flavoured with cardamom and dry nuts.
Course Dessert
Cuisine North Indian
Keyword Fasting
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 7 People
Calories 229kcal
Author Muktha H S

Ingredients

  • 1 Kilogram Pumpkin
  • ¾ Cup Sugar
  • 3 ½ tablespoon Ghee /Clarified Butter
  • 5 Cardamom Pods
  • 1 tablespoon Melon Seeds Optional
  • 1 tablespoon Cashews Chopped
  • 1 tablespoon Almonds Chopped
  • ½ tablespoon Pista Chopped

Instructions

  • Wash and clean pumpkin,remove seeds and peel the pumpkin skin.Cut pumpkin into small cubes.
  • Using Mortar Pestle ,dehusk the cardamom and powder the seeds ,keep it aside.
  • In a pressure cooker add water, place pumpkin in a pressure cooker separator/container, sprinkle 1 tablespoon of water  and pressure cook for 2-3 whistles.
  • Once pressure releases on its own,remove the container and mash pumpkin well with the help of masher or else you can blend to get puree
  • Take a Thick Bottom Kadai ,heat 3 tablespoon of ghee,add mashed /puree  pumpkin 
  • Mix well and cook ,till all water in the pumpkin dries up.
  • Add sugar, mix well and continue to cook till pumpkin leaves edges (halwa consistency)
  • Add ½ tablespoon ghee,chopped dry nuts mix well. 
  • Turn off the heat ,add cardamom powder and serve hot or warm .

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Notes

  1. You can grate pumpkin and cook in an open vessel ,if you are not pressure cooking pumpkin.
  2. You can also add milk while cooking pumpkin,but cook till it gets dried up completely and reaches halwa consistency.
  3. If you can't mash pumpkin to smooth , then with the help of blender just blend it to get puree.
  4. Pumpkin puree was about 4 cups and sugar used was about ¾ cup ,it also depends on the sweetness of pumpkin you use. So keep a check on sweetness of pumpkin before adding sugar. 
  5. Milk Masala is optional ,its blend of nutmeg,cardamom ,saffron,mace ,pista,badam and cashews.

Nutrition

Calories: 229kcal