Kashi Halwa | कद्दू हलवा - नवरात्रि व्रत के लिये । Yellow Pumpkin Halwa

Ingredients for Kaddu Halwa

Yellow Kaddu - 500 gms

Sugar - ½ cup (125 gms)

Ghee - 2 to 3 tbsp

Full cream milk - ½ litre

Cashew - 1 to 2 tbsp (chopped)

Pistachios - 10 to 12 (chopped)

Cardamoms - ½ Tsp

How to make Kaddu Halwa

1- Take ½ kg of yellow Kaddu, wash it, peel it and chop it.

2- Boil a ½ litre of full cream milk in a pan.

3- In the meantime, grate the yellow Kaddu.

4- Grate it using the larger sized hole and grate it finely.

5- Cook the milk until it becomes thick in its consistency.

6- Stir the milk in the intervals while cooking it on the high flame.

7- Add 2 tablespoon of Ghee in another pan and add the grated Kaddu to it.

8- Roast the Kaddu for 2 minutes on the low flame.

9- Cover and cook it on the low flame for 4 minutes.

10- The pumpkin will become soft after 4 minutes.

11- On the other hand, do not forget stirring the milk.

12- Turn the flame to low of milk and cook the pumpkin on low flame for 10-12 minutes.

13- Add a ½ cup of sugar in the Kaddu and mix it.

14- Cook it while continuously stirring it.

15- The milk has become thicker and it has come to the form of Mawa.

16- Increase the flame of pumpkin and add the cooked Mawa to it.

17- Stir and cook it on the high flame for a while.

18- Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of finely chopped cashews, a ½ teaspoon of cardamom powder to it.

19- Stir and cook the pudding for a minute.

20- Remove the cooked pudding in a separate bowl and garnish it with chopped cashews, pistachios and almonds before serving.

21- Less than an hour was acquired while cooking it.