Sweet potato halwa. Usually sweet potatoes or shakarkandi are used in making chaat or are popular during the fasting days. I always add them in the fruit chaat as the boiled sweet potatoes gives a nice sweet taste to the chaat. the Sweet potato chaat is also served outside schools and colleges in north India as a popular street food. The halwa can be prepared in two ways - either by grating the sweet potatoes.
This halwa/sheera is made from boiled, mashed sweet potatoes, milk, and sugar.
It is flavored with cardamom and nutmeg powder.
Sweet potatoes are known as Shakarkand in Hindi hence It is called shakarkandi ka halwa.
You can have Sweet potato halwa using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Sweet potato halwa
- It's -250gm of Sweet potato.
- You need -2/5 tbsp of Sugar.
- It's -2tbsp of Ghee.
- Prepare -2 of Cardamom.
- You need 1/2 cup of Milk.
- It's As needed of Color few drops -optional.
Sweet potato halwa is a dessert lover's delight that'll indeed make your celebration a grandeur. This nutrient-dense confection is sweetened solely with jaggery which makes it absolutely low-calorie, healthy, and scrumptious! Sweet potato halwa, also known as shakarkandi ka halwa, is an Indian sweet potato pudding. It's basically the Indian version of sweet potato casserole.
Sweet potato halwa step by step
- First boil sweet potato after that peel it and mash it.
- Now heat a kadahi add ghee and add mash sweetpotato and fry it on a low flame till it turns golden keep string otherwise it will burn.
- When it turns golden add cardamom.
- Now add sugar mix it well again fry it well with sugar.
- Now if you want to add colour in it take lukewarm water add few drop of kesar color in milk mix it and add it in halwa mix it well saute.
- Now add grated coconut and any dry fruit almond raisins cashews.
Instead of pecans and marshmallows, this halwa has juicy plump raisins, plenty of nut garnish and is spiced with ground cardamom. Usually, it is laden with loads of ghee and that is the reason dieters steer clear of it. I've managed to make mouth-watering halwa minus the fat, but rich in fibre, potassium and calcium by using sweet potatoes! the. Sweet Potato Halwa (eggless pudding) is one of the easiest Halwa recipes to make. Cardamom and Cinnamon spices give it a delicate and unique flavor.