Udupi, Karnataka

Kashi halwa

Name: Kashi halwa
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Udupi
Ingredients: 1 small piece peeled, seeded and grated ash gourd (winter melon); 1 cup sugar; 1/4 cup ghee; a big pinch saffron; 1/2 tsp cardamom; 2 tbsp cashews

Ash gourd grated and cooked in ghee and sugar into a glassy, saffron gold halwa. Udupi wedding favourite.

50 minTime

1 gProtein each

mildSpice

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Grandma's wayAsh gourd, sugar, ghee and saffron.

The original

254kcalsame

1 gproteinsame

4 gfibresame

50minutessame

Classic Kashi halwa.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Ash gourd (winter melon)1 small piece, peeled, seeded and grated

Sugar1 cup

Ghee¼ cup

Saffrona big pinch

Cardamom½ tsp

Cashews2 tbsp

Method

4 steps

1Squeeze the grated ash gourd lightly and keep the juice.
2Cook the ash gourd in 1 tbsp ghee with a little of its juice until soft and transparent.
3Add sugar and saffron and cook until thick, adding the remaining ghee bit by bit.
4Finish with cardamom and fried cashews.

Serve it like this

Serve a spoonful on a banana leaf as part of a festive meal, or in a small bowl with cashews.

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Kashi halwa

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