Papaya
halwa/Pappaya halwa
(Indian sweet/halwa
recipe)
Papaya halwa
ingredients:
- 2 cups papaya
- 1 cup milk (boiled)
- 1 cup sugar
- a pinch of yellow colour
- 4 tbsp clarified butter (ghee)
Garnishing
ingredients:
- 5 cashewnuts
- 5 badam
- 5 pista
- a big pinch of cardamom powder
Pappaya halwa
preparation:
- Peel the skin, remove the seeds and grate the
papaya.
- Roast the garnishing ingredients (except cardamom
powder) in 2 tsp of ghee till they turn into light golden
yellow colour.
- Allow it to cool then broken into small pieces.
- Now heat a heavy bottomed pan and heat with 2 tbsp of
ghee.
- Add the grated pappaya and saute on low flame till the
raw smell disappears.
- Now add milk and mix well.
- Cook on low flame till the papaya become tender.
- Once the halwa starts to thickening stir continuously
for 2-5 mins.
- At this point add sugar food colour.
- Combine well and cook for further thickness.
- Add the remaining ghee and stir.
- Cook on low flame till the ghee separates form the
mixture.
- Finally add the garnishing ingredients.
- Now your easy and tasty papaya(pappali) halwa is ready
to serve.
- Serve hot or cold.
prep time: 15 mins
cooking time: 10-15mins
serves: 4
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