Sweet Potato Halwa | Healthy Guilt-free Dessert
With Diwali around the corner, I was wondering what would I bring forth for you to try this year. Last year, I gave to you the “Kashi-Halwa” made of Ash-gourd. This Halwa – if we could ignore the usage of sugar- is quite a healthy and nutritious dessert. This got me thinking about a Halwa devoid of any added sugar and yet taste equally great. Looking around for a hero ingredient, the sweet potato with its natural sweetness came to mind. So here’s presenting to you this Diwali, the Sweet Potato Halwa – a healthy guilt free Indian dessert.
How to make Sweet Potato Halwa
This Halwa is super simple to make and doesn’t take much time. I have reduced the cooking time by a great deal by pressure cooking the sweet potatoes and mashing them. The mashed sweet potato is then saluted in ghee for a few minutes along with saffron and green cardamom. The natural sweetness of the sweet potato should suffice for this Halwa, but if you desire to make it sweeter, add upto 2 tbsp of Jaggery and cook it till well combined. Garnish with roasted nuts and dried rose petals and enjoy the Sweet Potato Halwa warm or even chilled.
Sweet Potato Halwa
Equipment
- 1 Pressure cooker
- 1 Masher
- 1 Frying Pan
Ingredients
- 800 gms Sweet Potato approx. 2 (medium sized)
- Water, as needed (for pressure cooking)
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ cup Ghee (divided)
- 10 pc Almonds (roughly crushed)
- 10 pc Pistachios (roughly crushed)
- ½ tsp Saffron strands
- 3 pods Green Cardamom Seeds (powdered)
- 2 tbsp Jaggery (optional)
- Dried Rose Petals (optional – for garnish)
Instructions
- Pressure cook the sweet potatoes with sufficient water and salt for about 4 whistles
- Allow them to cool to a workable temperature, peel and mash them well and set aside
- In a frying pan, heat 2 tbsp ghee and fry the almonds and pistachios for about 30 secs and set aside.
- In the same pan, heat the remaining ghee and sauté the mashed sweet potatoes along with saffron and cardamom for about 5 mins
- add the jaggery if using, combine well and cook for another 5 mins till well combined.
- Take it out to a serving dish and garnish with the almonds, pistachios and dried rose petals
- This halwa can be enjoyed warm and also chilled.
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