Banarasi Halwa Recipe: You must have eaten many types of halwa – sometimes made of semolina, sometimes made of flour and sometimes made of carrot and moong dal. But, have you ever tasted Banarasi Halwa made from pumpkin? If the answer is no, then don’t miss this opportunity to make something different and tasty in sweets. Banarasi Halwa is liked by the sweet lovers due to its soft texture, aroma and taste of mauve-dry fruits. The special thing is that it does not require very complex ingredients to make it.
You can prepare delicious Banarasi Halwa at home with things like pumpkin, mawa, milk, sugar and dry fruits. When cooked properly, the sweetness of pumpkin, the creamy aroma of mawa and the taste of dry fruits combine to make this halwa a special sweet. Let us know its easy recipe, which will prepare delicious halwa with less effort.
Ingredients to make Banarasi Halwa
- Pumpkin – 2 cups
- sugar 3/4 cup
- Desi Ghee – 1/2 cup
- Mawa (khoya) – 3/4 cup
- Milk – 3 cups
- Almonds – 14-15
- Cashews – 14-15
- Cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp
How to make Banarasi Halwa
step 1- To make Banarasi style halwa, first take pumpkin, cut it, remove the soft pulp and then remove the upper peel. After this, cut the pumpkin into pieces, put them in the mixer, grind them and prepare a smooth paste. After this, cut cashews and almonds into small pieces and keep them aside.
Step 2- Now pour milk in a pan and keep it to heat on medium flame. While heating the milk, keep stirring it occasionally with the help of a spoon. When the milk starts boiling, add the prepared pumpkin paste into it and mix it well. After this let it cook. Keep in mind that keep stirring otherwise the pumpkin paste may stick to the pan. When the halwa starts thickening, turn off the gas.
Step 3- Now take another pan and add ghee in it and heat it on medium flame. When the ghee melts, add dry fruits to it, fry it and take it out in a plate. Now add mawa in ghee and fry. After some time, add sugar as per taste and let it cook. After cooking for 1-2 minutes, reduce the flame and add the thick milk-pumpkin mixture and mix.
Step 4- Mix well and let the halwa cook. Finally, mix dry fruits and cardamom powder and turn off the gas. The flavourful Banarasi Halwa is ready. Put it in a bowl, garnish with dry fruits and serve.