Ingredients:
- Ash gourd: 500gm
- Sugar: 200gm
- Ghee: 50 gm
- Green cardamom: 3 no.
- Cashew nut: 50 gm
- Edible color: 1-2 drop (optional).
Preparation:
- Peel off and Grate the Ash gourd with the help of grater/food processor.
- Squeeze as much as water possible, keep this water into bowl or glass.
- You can use this “ash gourd juice” as I have already uploaded.
Method:
- Heat 2 teaspoon of ghee in a pan.
- Fry cashew nut into it, keep aside.
- Put 2 crushed cardamom in the ghee.
- Add grated ash gourd and cover the lid. Keep stirring every 2-3 minutes (about 10-15minutes).
- When ash gourd is done, that is water is evaporated, add sugar; cook about 5-7 minutes, until it gets the consistency of halwa.
- Add cashew nut and left over ghee.
- Add edible color, stir properly.
- Fry till liquid dries up.
- Garnish with cardamom powder and cashew nut.
- Delicious ash gourd ka halwa is ready to serve.
- Amongst all, ash gourd is highest vital energy containing vegetable.
- This is the perfect traditional Indian menu for tea time or kitty party.
- You can serve this sweet either directly or with ice-cream.
- Your family and friends will surely be surprised at this delightful halwa.
Ash gourd (winter melon) ka halwa by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.