Kasi Halwa / Poosanikai Halwa

Kasi Halwa / Poosanikai Halwa is a famous, delicious famous halwa made with white pumpkin... It is also a traditional dessert served in Brahmin marriages and also during Diwali or any other special occasions... I tasted this halwa in one of the marriage last month, the colour attracted me to prepared this halwa in this Diwali celebrations....

I prepared this halwa by chopped the white pumpkin into tiny pieces but you can grated it too... I made it in yellow colour, but some one prepared in red colour.. I prepared this halwa for my friend who come yesterday, (she enjoyed) it comes out very well and the result was so amazing.. It is easy to prepare, anyone can make it easy without fear...

So I hope that you must try this recipe and let me know it's turns out from you..

Preparation Time : 15 mins

Cooking Time : 20 mins

Makes - 1 cup

Recipe Cuisine - Indian

Recipe Category - Sweet..

INGREDIENTS :

Ash Gourd / Poosanikai - 1 cup (chopped finely)

Sugar - 1/2 cup

Ghee - 2 tbspn

Cashew - 2 (chopped)

Cardamom powder - 1/4 tspn

Yellow food colour - a drop

Saffron - few

METHOD :

• Cut the ash gourd and peel the skin and remove the soft part and seeds..
• Cut them into tiny pieces.. Keep aside..
• Heat a pan with a tbspn of ghee and roasted the cashew till light brown and remove it to a plate..
• In the same pan add chopped ash gourd and roast it for 2 mins..
• And then add in water and cook it low flame by covering a kadai with a lid..
• The vegetable should cook well and till the raw smell leaves..
• When it cooked and the water is absorbed, add saffron and mix well.
• Then add in sugar and a pinch yellow food colour and mix well.
• When the mixture is goey and thicken.. Add in cardamom powder and mix well.
• It started to leave sthe pan, at that time add a tbspn of ghee..
• Mix well, and add in fried cashew and combained it..
• Now it's done... Transfer them to a serving bowl..
• Enjoy...

PICTORIAL :

Take all your ingredients

Heat a pan with ghee

Add in chopped cashew

Fry till golden

Remove them to a bowl

In the same pan add chopped pumpkin

Toss well in ghee for 2 mins

Now it's done

Add in water

Cook it well 

Cover it with lid and cook

Now the water absorbed

Add in saffron

Add in sugar

A pinch of yellow food colour

Add in cardamom powder

Bring to boil

The mixture became thicken

Add in 1 tbspn of ghee

Mix it well

Add in fried cashew

Combained it well

  Transfer them to a serving bowl

 Serve 

 Enjoy...