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Navratri 2023: Sweet Potato Halwa Recipe / Shakakandi Halwa Recipe
For foodies like us, the festival season is all about pampering ourselves with mouth-watering dishes and cherishing the true spirit of festivity with near and dear ones. However, while indulging in various toothsome delicacies, we are often caught by the guilt of not following our diet chart. To solve this battle between taste and health, we are sharing our favorite Sweet Potato Halwa recipe, a delicious Shakarhandi Halwa, which is known as the perfect emblem of health and taste.
This mouth-watering pudding can be called a low-calorie dessert fix and we can not have enough of the delicious and creamy potatoes, blended uniformly with ghee and milk, laced with aromatic cardamom and blanched almonds. The texture of this dessert is a huge plus, as nothing goes better with the luscious satiny texture and the royal taste that this dish exclusively serves you.
To check out this easy dessert fix, click on the video or go through the step-by-step procedure shared below and share with us your favorite desserts for this festive season.
Recipe By: Meena Bhandari
Recipe Type: Dessert
Serves: 2
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1. Sweet potato - 1
2. Almonds (coarsely blanched) - 1 tbsp
3. Cardamom powder - 1 tbsp
4. Milk - 1/4th cup
5. Ghee - 2 tbsp
6. Sugar - 2 tbsp
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1. Take a cooker and add water to it.
2. Cut a sweet potato to 2-3 pieces and add to the cooker.
3. Pressure cook the sweet potato for 3-4 whistles.
4. Once done, peel the potatoes and smash them evenly.
5. Take a pan and add ghee to it.
6. Once the ghee melts, add the mashed potatoes and stir it for 4-5 minutes.
7. While constantly stirring, add milk and let it cook for 4-5 minutes.
8. Add sugar once the milk has evaporated and stir it well.
9. Add almonds, cardamom powder and give it a good stir, so that everything is blended uniformly.
10. Transfer into a bowl to serve.
- 1. To avoid getting any lumps, keep stirring the mashed potatoes.2. Do not add more milk, as we want the texture to be thick and creamy.
- Serving Size - 1 bowl
- Calories - 258 cal
- Fat - 5.4 g
- Protein - 3.3 g
- Carbohydrates - 47.2 g
- Fibre - 3.7 g
STEP BY STEP - HOW TO MAKE SWEET POTATO HALWA
1. Take a cooker and add water to it.
2. Cut a sweet potato to 2-3 pieces and add to the cooker.
3. Pressure cook the sweet potato for 3-4 whistles.
4. Once done, peel the potatoes and smash them evenly.
5. Take a pan and add ghee to it.
6. Once the ghee melts, add the mashed potatoes and stir it for 4-5 minutes.
7. While constantly stirring, add milk and let it cook for 4-5 minutes.
8. Add sugar once the milk has evaporated and stir it well.
9. Add almonds, cardamom powder and give it a good stir, so that everything is blended uniformly.
10. Transfer into a bowl to serve.
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