Pumpkin and Apple Halwa

Name: Pumpkin and Apple Halwa
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 2 tbsp ghee (or butter); 1 cup dried fruit and chopped nuts (raisins, cashews and almonds); 250 g pumpkin (steamed and mashed); sugar (to taste); cardamom powder (to taste); 4 apples (peeled and diced ); water (enough to cover apples); 50 ml milk (optional); 1 tbsp sugar (or to taste); lemon juice (to taste); cinnamon powder (to taste)

By MOHANA GILL

An excellent amalgamation of pumpkin halwa with applesauce to delight the taste buds. This recipe was first published in Flavours magazine.

CourseDessert, Snack
CuisineAsian, Indian, Malaysian

Servings

4servings

Servings

4servings

CourseDessert, Snack
CuisineAsian, Indian, Malaysian

Servings

4servings

Servings

4servings

Ingredients

Pumpkin halwa

2tbsp gheeor butter
1cup dried fruit and chopped nutsraisins, cashews and almonds
250g pumpkinsteamed and mashed
sugarto taste
cardamom powderto taste

Apple sauce

4 applespeeled and diced
waterenough to cover apples
50ml milkoptional
1tbsp sugaror to taste
lemon juiceto taste
cinnamon powderto taste

Servings: servings

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Instructions

To prepare the pumpkin halwa:

In a saucepan, add ghee, dried fruit and nuts, and sauté over low heat.
Once the raisins puff up, mix in the mashed pumpkin. Add sugar and cook until the mixture thickens; add the cardamom powder. Mix well and remove from heat.