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    Home » Festival Recipes

    Last Updated: July 17, 2020 | First Published on: December 7, 2012 by Hari Chandana Ponnaluri

    Gummadikaya Halwa - Pumpkin Halwa - Step by Step Recipe

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    Ingredients :

    Grated Pumpkin : 2 cups
    Milk : 2 cups
    Sugar : 1 cup
    Melted Ghee: 3 tbsp
    Almonds : 10 - 15
    Cardamom Powder: ½ tsp

    Method:

    1. Heat
    the ghee in a wide and heavy bottomed pan. Add and fry the chopped
    almonds until light golden color and set them aside.
    2. In the same pan,
    add the grated pumpkin and fry well.
    3. Keep frying until the raw smell disappears or for 5 minutes.
    4. Add the two cups of milk
    to it and combine well.
    5. Cook the mixture until the milk evaporates.
    6. Then add the sugar and combine well.

     

    7. Allow the sugar to melt and cook the mixture until the ghee separates from the halwa.
    8. When the halwa leaves the side of the pan, turn off the flame.
    9. Add the cardamom powder and roasted almonds and mix well.

     

    10. Switch off the flame and allow it to cool. Enjoy!

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    1. Subhashini says

      December 08, 2012 at 12:42 am

      wow yummy halwa

      Reply
    2. Spandana says

      December 08, 2012 at 12:59 am

      Looks so delicious. Mouthwatering clicks.

      Reply
    3. Swathi Iyer says

      December 08, 2012 at 2:42 am

      pumpkin halwa looks delicious.

      Reply
    4. Veena Theagarajan says

      December 08, 2012 at 6:48 am

      I hv similar recipe in my draft as Kheer! Love the clicks

      Reply
    5. Priya says

      December 08, 2012 at 1:52 pm

      Feel like having a bowl of this droolworthy halwa.

      Reply
    6. ♥LOVE2COOK MALAYSIA♥ says

      December 09, 2012 at 6:55 am

      I'm grabbing the bowl and running away! :D~~~~~~

      Reply
    7. Kalpana Sareesh says

      December 09, 2012 at 1:08 pm

      delicious n yummm looking..

      Reply
    8. Nisa Homey says

      December 13, 2012 at 3:21 pm

      You know what, I feel like grabbing that bowl of halwa and run....awesome pics.

      Reply
    9. amrutha v gowda says

      January 06, 2017 at 8:07 pm

      Thanks for the information.
      Its was awesome..

      Reply
      • Hari Chandana P says

        January 10, 2017 at 4:25 pm

        Thank you! 🙂

        Reply
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