Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Pumpkin Almond Halwa

Pumpkin Halwa, a real feast for sweet lovers..although here its peak season for pumpkins, they r really cheap n can get a very easily in farmer's market...thought of making soups, i bought them but finally prepared them as halwa, to give a twist i have added half a cup of almond powder to give them more taste...


1cup Grated Pumpkin
1/2cup Almond Powder
1/4cup Ghee
3/4cup Sugar
10nos Cashew pieces
1tsp Cardamom powder

Heat 2tsp of ghee in a heavy bottomed pan...add the finely grated pumpkin (i prefer to grate the pumpkin really very thin so that they will get cooked very easily) to the hot ghee n stir them for a while until they pumpkin get dry, now add the sugar, almond powder..let the pumpkin pieces get well cooked with sugar for a while, keep the flame in medium high n let them cook for 15minutes, add the ghee little by little to the halwa n cook until they get off from the bottom of the vessel, add the cardamom powder n cashew pieces...cook them again for 10 minutes in simmer...

Serve them hot or chilled..

27 comments:

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

Hi Priya,

Never heard of Pumpkin halwaa, really tempting me to do.. Sweet recipe from a Sweet Sis..lol

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

that looks very mouth watering

viji said... Reply To This Comment

wow!!!! looking great.pakkavey appadiyey sapidlam pola irukku... poosani vechi 'Kasi halwa' pannuvanga.Parangikkai vechi different halwa.na ithukku 'Rameswara halwa'nu per vekkaren. Thanks a lot for ur sweet wishes & ur card was wonderfull yaar.

Pavani said... Reply To This Comment

it looks yummy and delicious priya i will prepare it today

ST said... Reply To This Comment

That looks mouth-drooling Priya:)

lubnakarim06 said... Reply To This Comment

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmy. Looks gr8. Iam drooling over.

Deepthi Shankar said... Reply To This Comment

that looks very yummy .. its got a lovdely color

Sujatha said... Reply To This Comment

looks delicious! and a quick one too.. will have to try this soon..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

viji chonnathu sari than.. new to me.. thxs for sharing...

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

With Pumpkins in season, the halwa is a must try delicious recipe:)

Sangeeth said... Reply To This Comment

oh yummy! I made almost t he same recipe for this event!yours look so inviting.

anudivya said... Reply To This Comment

That looks amazing... bet it tasted just as good.

Srivalli said... Reply To This Comment

Priya, you can send this to JFI too...that looks really so delicious

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

I was just now looking at all your recipes from the smoothie.You have a great array of recipes..And also perfect for the festive season.

Priya Suresh said... Reply To This Comment

Thanks to all for stopping by n dropping ur kind comments..am glad n encouraging me to continue..

raaji said... Reply To This Comment

pumpkin halwa sound so mouthwatering......ready for the halloween????

Vaishali said... Reply To This Comment

This looks just amazing, Priya. With pumpkin season here, I'm definitely bookmarking it.

Hetal said... Reply To This Comment

Sheera looks delicious.....

Uj said... Reply To This Comment

Pumpkin halwa looks delicious.. Its one of my fav :)

Cham said... Reply To This Comment

This halwa is just a killer!

R said... Reply To This Comment

Hi Priya,
Please collect the award at my blog. U deserve it!

http://ramya65.blogspot.com/2008/10/hard-working-food-blogger-award.html

Thanks,
Ramya

Uma said... Reply To This Comment

ooh, delicious pumpkin halwa!

Priya Suresh said... Reply To This Comment

Thanks Raaji yep am ready for halloween..

Thanks Vaishali, thanks a lot for bookmarking...

Hi Hetal, CHam thanks a lot..

Oh Ramya..so nice of u..sure will collect the award..

Thanks Uma...

Beyond Curries said... Reply To This Comment

Thanks for the recipe Priya. I also prepare a different version of this halwa, instead of adding almond powder, I add the MTR Badam Feast. We can also prepare it in the microwave oven.

PG said... Reply To This Comment

that looks so simple but very yummy for sure! Such a good idea with almonds.

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

Hi Priya

The Halwa looks very delicious, Is this made from the haloween pumpkins

Sujatha

RADHA said... Reply To This Comment

hI PRIYA....PUMPKIN HALWA LOOKS VERY TEMPTING ND MOUTH WATERING..CAN U TELL ME WHETHER JAGGERY CAN BE USED IN THE PLACE OF SUGAR...ONNUM IILA ELLAM CALORE CONCIOUS THAN.....