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PUMPKIN AND COCONUT HALWA Vegetarian-Dish

Halwa with anything especially with coconut is supposed to be very tasty and here is a simple and delicious version of pumpkin and coconut halwa.



Ingredients

Grated pumpkins
: 1 cup
Sugar
: 1/2 cup
Dessicated coconut flakes
: 1 cup
Milk
: 1/4 cup
Cardamom powder
: 1 tsp
Cashew nuts
: 10 nos
Ghee
: 2 tbsp
Almond nuts
: for garnishing

Pumpkin and Coconut Halwa

Method

  • Cook the grated pumpkin in a microwave safe bowl along with milk in microwave oven for high upto 10minutes(stir in between)..take them off and let them cool.
  • Grind this cooked pumpkin as puree with a cup of water.
  • Add water to get 1+1/2cup of pumpkin puree.
  • Cook the pumpkin puree and coconut flakes with sugar again for 20minutes high in microwave oven(stir twice or thrice in between) until its turns as thick paste.
  • Heat the ghee for 5 minutes in high, add the cashew nuts to the hot ghee and cook again for 5minutes, add this hot ghee with cashew nuts to the halwa also add the cardamom powder and toss gently until everything gets well mixed..garnish the almond nuts.