Aloo Ka Halwa Recipe | How to make Potato Halwa | Fasting Recipe

How to make Aloo Ka Halwa?

Aloo Ka Halwa? You might be thinking of can we make halwa with potatoes as well. Well, "Yes" we can make delicious aloo ka halwa in a very short period of time. Sometimes during fast, we feel to have some sweets but all the sweets are not recommended to eat in fast. So, I thought to share this Aloo Ka Halwa recipe with you all.

Aloo Ka Halwa is a popular and delicious dessert and is usually prepared for the festive season of Navratri. You can also find more fasting recipes on our blog.

Aloo ka halwa can be made with very few ingredients. Let's have a look.

Total Cooking Time - 20 Minutes

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook time: 15 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients:-

Boiled Potatoes (Peeled) - 5 (Medium sized)

Powdered Sugar- 4 tbsp (1/3 cup)

Cashew nuts- 8 to 10

Raisins- 1 tbsp

Almonds- 1 tbsp

Cardamon powder - 1/3 tbsp

Ghee- 4tsbp

Preparation:-

1. Boil all the potatoes in a pressure cooker. Peel off the skin and mash them properly. Chop the dry fruits finely.

How to Make Aloo Ka Halwa:-

2. Turn on the flame, heat a pan on high flame and add ghee.

3. Reduce the flame to medium and add mashed potatoes.

4. Cook the potato for 10 minutes on medium flame and keep stirring.

5. Once the color slightly changes, add powdered sugar and mix it.

6. Cook it for 2-3 minutes on medium flame until sugar melts.

7. Now add cardamom powder, cashew nuts and mix it well.

8. Cook it for another 5-6 minutes on medium-high flame and keep stirring continuously.

9. Cook it till it turns light brown.

10. Now increase the flame to high and cook it for another minute until halwa turns thick in consistency (Keep stirring continuously).

11. You will see that ghee is separating from aloo ka halwa.

12. Now turn off the flame and Let it cool.

13. Take out in a bowl and garnish with dry fruits. Aloo ka halwa is ready to serve!!

Note: You can use any dry fruits of your choice. Also, you can add milk to the halwa if you want to.

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Mixed Fruit Custard Recipe | How to make Fruit Custard | Fruit Recipes

Summer Special Fruit Custard Recipe

In summers, this mixed fruits custard works very well to keep you cool and fresh. It is a good source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and fibers which are beneficial for health. It is easy to prepare at home and loved by children too. Make your children summer vacation awesome by making such delicious food at home. This is a good way of making your children eat multiple fruits at once. Have a look at the mixed fruit custard recipe.

Total Cooking Time -
Prep Time: 31-40 minutes
Cook time: 11-15 minutes
Serve: 4

Ingredients for Fruit Custard-

Vanilla Custard Powder - 3 tbsp
Milk - 2 cups
Banana - 4
Sugar - 4 tbsp
Muskmelon - 1/2 cubed
Plums - 4 cubed
Strawberries - 10-12 halved
Pomegranate - 4 tbsp

How to make mixed fruit custard -

1. Mix custard powder and milk thoroughly until completely smooth and cook on medium gas.

2. Include Sugar and cook until thick. Keep aside to cool and then chill in the refrigerator.

3. Now peel bananas and cut into pieces. Blend bananas, muskmelon, and plums. Pour this mixed fruit mixture into a glass and some chilled custard on top. Place some strawberries along the rim of the glass.

4. Decorate with some strawberries and pomegranate pearls. Mixed Fruit Custard is ready to eat!! Serve chilled.

Note: If you don't have fruits listed here, you can take any other fruits.

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Pressure Cooker Eggless Sponge Cake | Vanilla Eggless Cake | Simple Cake Recipes

How to Cook Eggless Cake in a Pressure Cooker?

Just follow simple steps given below-

We can make great cakes in a pressure cooker and here’s a cooker cake recipe for you all. This is an eggless cake if you wish you can add eggs to the cake. You may also like this pressure cooker chocolate cake recipe.

Ingredients-

Salt - 1 cup
Powdered Sugar - ¼ cup
Milk powder - 1 cup
Butter - ¼ cup
Vanilla essence or extract - 1 tsp
Salt - ½ tsp
Condensed milk - ½ cup
Corn refined flour - 1 cup
Baking soda - ¼ tsp
Baking powder - ½ tsp
Milk - 1 cup
Cashewnuts, chopped - 2-3 tbsp
Raisins - 1 tbsp

Method:-

Heat 1 cup salt in a whistle-free pressure cooker on medium gas.

1. Shift the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder together in a bowl.

2. In another bowl, Cream the butter, powdered sugar, and milk powder together.

3. Add milk and vanilla essence to the creamed mixture and mix until well combined.

4. Add the flour mixture in 2 additions to the above and whisk thoroughly until no traces of flour remain.

5. Finally, add the cashew nuts, raisins and fold in gently.

6. Pour the mixture into a greased 8” cake pan and lightly tap on the kitchen counter to remove any air bubbles.

7. Know more how to bake a cake in the pressure cooker, bake the cake for about an hour. You can check after 45 mins to see if it’s done. It took about an hour to be done. You can test with a toothpick or skewer to make sure the cake is cooked through.

8. Let the cake sit in the pan for about 10 mins and gently invert it onto a plate or wire rack.

9. Let it get cool down, slice, and serve!

Notes :

1. If you want to bake the cake in an oven, preheat oven to 180C/350F and bake for 30-35 mins until a knife or toothpick comes out clean when inserted.

2. If you want a chocolate sponge cake, add 2-3 tbsp cocoa powder to the flour when you shift it. You can also check out this chocolate cake recipe made in pressure cooker.

3. If you don’t want eggless sponge cake, add 3 eggs instead of the milk powder + milk.

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