I simply love the flavour of steamed sweet potato known sakkaraivalli kizhangu in tamil. I have few times roasted in fire and had too, it will be best. But when I saw few recipes using sweet potato, I thought I should first try halwa.
In India, we get purple skin and yellow inside sweet potato which I like the best. Here I saw these bright orangish sweet potato and thought it would be nice to make sweet with it. It turned out so delicious as well as attractive. So if you get this, you can use, otherwise do try it with the sweet potato you could get you lay your hands on.
Sweet potato halwa recipe
Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: SweetsPrep Time: 10 mins | Cook time: 25 mins | Serves: 4| Author: Raks anand
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Sweet potato halwa recipe with step by step pictures. Sweet potato is very healthy and can be used in many ways for cooking. Halwa turns out really delicious and very easy to prepare.
Ingredients
Sweet potato – 2Sugar – 1/2 cup
Ghee– 1/4 cup
Badam – 5
Cashew – 8
Cardamom – 2
Method
- Pressure cook sweet potato with very little water for 3 whistles and peel the skin off when its cooled. Using a potato masher, mash the sweet potato well.
- Add 2 tbsp of ghee to this mashed sweet potato and fry until fragrant.
- Soak and peel the skin off of badam and grind it with cashew nuts and very little water, to a smooth paste.
- Add it to the sweet potato and cook for just 2 minutes.
- Add remaining ghee and cook until ghee oozes out. It will take around 6 mins approx, in medium flame. Garnish with ghee fried cashew nuts.
Notes
- I used the orange variety of sweet potato so got beautiful colour as such. If using our Indian sweet potato, you can use safforn or any natural food colour.
- Do not add more ghee than required, do not over cook halwa after it starts oozing ghee (Becomes shiny and non sticky).
Step by step pictures
- Pressure cook sweet potato with very little water for 3 whistles and peel the skin off when its cooled. Using a potato masher, mash the sweet potato well. Add 2 tbsp of ghee to this mashed sweet potato and fry until fragrant (8 mins).
- Add sugar and stir until it melts.
- Soak and peel the skin off badam and grind it with cashew nuts, very little water, to a smooth paste.
- Add it to the sweet potato and cook for just 2 minutes.
- Add remaining ghee and cook until gets thick, leaves the sides of the pan.
- Cook until ghee oozes out. It will take around 6 mins approx, in medium flame. Add powdered cardmaom and mix. Garnish with ghee fried cashew nuts.
