What are you cooking for Diwali?

Rediff reader and food blogger Srividhya Ravikumar shares a scrumptious Kasi Halwa recipe.

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I have been cooking since childhood and I love experimenting with my own recipes. As Diwali is approaching here is a great traditional sweet recipe," writes Srividhya.

Here’s how to make Kasi Halwa / White Pumpkin Halwa:

Ingredients

• 1 cup white pumpkin, grated
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tbsp ghee
• 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
• A pinch of saffron
• Half a pinch of edible camphor
• 1 tbsp broken cashewnuts

Method

• Fry cashewnuts in little ghee till they turn golden brown colour and keep aside.
• Take a fine muslin cloth, filter the grated pumpkin.
• Boil the filtered pumpkin water in a heavy bottomed pan.
• Add saffron, pumpkin pulp and let it cook on low flame till the raw smell goes away.
• Add sugar, mix and let it cook again.
• When it starts getting a glossy look, add ghee, cardamom powder, edible camphor. Mix well and cook again.
• When it leaves the sides of the pan, add fried cashewnut. Mix well and turn off heat.
• Serve hot.

Photograph: www.vidhuskitchen.in

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