Sweet potato halwa | Shakarkandi halwa-How to make-Step by step photos

Cuisine Style: Punjab, north india | Cooking Time: 35 to 45 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Type: Sweet, dessert, diwali special sweet, halwa, pudding

Ingredients

• Sweet potato-1
• Ghee [melted butter] – 1/4 cup
• Milk-2 cups
• Sugar-3/4 cup
• Cardamom powder – ½ tbsp
• Almond-5
• Cashew Nut-4
• Saffron - few

Preparation

• Steam sweet potato, peel off the skin, cut into small cubes.
• In a wide pan take 1 tbsp of ghee and roast (light brown) almonds, cashew nuts & chop, keep it aside.
• In the same pan add ghee & sweet potato sauté for 2 minutes
• Add milk, stir well for 5 min
• Add sugar stir well till the mixture start leaving the pan & thickens.
• Then add cardamom powder, chopped nuts & saffron.
• Add ghee & stir continuously. When mixture becomes thick then cut off heat.
  
• Garnish with dry fruits serve cold / warm / hot

Tip

• For Instant sweet potato halwa use condensed milk.
  

How to make Sweet potato halwa - Stepwise pictures[Easy, Delicious]

Steam sweet potato

Heat ghee

Add steamed sweet potato

Mash well

Add milk, let it boil

Add saffron

Add sugar

Add cardamom powder

Stir well till it thickens

Mixture starts leaving the pan

Sweet potato halwa ready, cut off heat

Sprinkle nuts & serve

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