Sweet potato halwa | Recipe of sweet potato halwa | Purple sweet potato recipe | Shakarkandi ka halwa
Sweet potato halwa is an instant, yet delicious dessert. It is a refreshing dessert with refreshing spices like nutmeg, fennel and cardamom powder. Sweet potato halwa tastes amazing & looks so vibrant. Most importantly, purple type sweet potatoes are packed with "anthocyanin" which imparts its own vibrant color. This is a potent antioxidant and shows anti-cancer properties.
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Servings: 3
Calories: 191kcal
Ingredients
- 2 purple sweet potatoes
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 2 tbsp raw sugar organic, unrefined
- ½ cup milk skim
- pinch nutmeg powder
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
- ½ tsp fennel seeds
- 1 tbsp almonds finely chopped
Instructions
- Firstly remove the outer layer of sweet potato and cut the edges.
- Next boil water in a pan and add the chopped purple sweet potatoes.
- Cover the lid and cook this for 5 to 8 mins until sweet potatoes are boiled well.
- Turn off the heat and transfer the boiled purple sweet potato to a bowl.
- Mash the boiled sweet potatoes well and keep it aside.
- Meanwhile heat a pan and add ghee.
- As the ghee starts to melt, add the mashed sweet potato.
- Give a good mix and then add raw sugar.
- Mix well until sugar dissolves completely.
- Lower the heat and add milk.
- Again give a good mix so that milk combines well with sweet potato mixture.
- Further add the refreshing spices like nutmeg powder, cardamom powder.
- Give a good mix again.
- Similarly add little fennel and give a final mix.
- Turn off the heat and finally add chopped almond.
- Now the refreshing delight purple sweet potato halwa is ready to enjoy!
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