Pumpkin Halwa For Halloween
By: saffronstreaks
Published: Saturday, October 30, 2010 - 5:31am

Ingredients




2 cups Grated yellow Pumpkin:
1/2 cup Sugar:
1/2 cup Honey:
1 teaspoon Cardamom powder:
10 Cashew nuts: 12
4 tablespoons Ghee (clarified butter):
Saffron: few strings
1 tablespoon Milk to dissolve the saffron:

Preparation

1 Grate the ripe yellow pumpkin and keep it aside. 2 Roast the cashews in ghee until it becomes golden brown. Drain and reserve. 3 In a pan, heat 1 tbsp ghee, add the grated pumpkin to it and stir well in low flame till the raw flavor is gone. 4 In a separate pan add 2tbsp ghee and add the sugar and honey. Add the grated pumpkin and notice the change in color. Pumpkin will be caramelized slowly. 5 Add the saffron dissolve in little milk and mix well. Continue cooking on slow heat till the pumpkin becomes tender. 6 Add the cardamom powder, mix well and take off from the heat. 7 Garnish with roasted cashews and raisins. 8 Serve hot the pumpkin halwa.