Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Papaya Halwa/Jam

My son is not a big fruit fan. This time it was papaya and he was running around not even trying to taste it. I tried to disguise it as a halwa/jam and gave him in a piece of bread. He loved it. This can be stored in fridge for a week. It is yummy and 100 times better than store bought jams. Some add rice powder in this to make it thick(as in the case of halwa), but I wanted to use papaya as jam too, so I avoided it. Try this for your dear ones.


Ingredients
  • Ripe papaya scooped  - 2 cups
  • Sugar - 1/2 cup (reduce sugar if your papaya is very ripe)
  • Cardamom - 5
  • Ghee - 1/2 tsp


Method
  • Powder sugar and cardamom seeds
  • In a thick bottomed non-stick pan, put the scooped mashed papaya. Switch on flame.
  • Add powdered sugar and cardamom powder to this and allow to simmer on medium flame. 
  • Add ghee. Let it simmer, stirring occasionally until the mix starts to leave from sides of vessel and becomes thick. 
  • Grease a plate and transfer the halwa to it.

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15 comments:

  1. BeenaMarch 5, 2013 at 7:48 AM

    Looks yummy jam

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  2. JulieMarch 5, 2013 at 7:54 AM

    love this,yummy color:)
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  3. Tisa JacobMarch 5, 2013 at 8:13 AM

    You are quite the innovative chef Reshmi, I would never've thought of papaya halwa. It looks great, btw and I'm sure your little one's begging for more:-)

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  4. Suja ManojMarch 5, 2013 at 8:46 AM

    Halwa looks so yum,never tried this before,thanks for sharing.

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  5. TeenaMarch 5, 2013 at 1:40 PM

    Simple, tasty recipe !! Loved the bright colour :)

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  6. runnergirlinthekitchen.blogspot.comMarch 5, 2013 at 6:43 PM

    I like the colour, never tried it before!

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  7. ShabbuMarch 6, 2013 at 1:50 AM

    Yummy preparation..nice colour..

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  8. HemaMarch 6, 2013 at 8:52 AM

    Wow, that looks simply superb, I have some ripe papaya, will try this out..

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  9. UnknownMarch 6, 2013 at 9:15 AM

    excellent preparation dear.. very interesting..

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  10. ReshMarch 11, 2013 at 5:05 PM

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  11. Tisa JacobMarch 17, 2013 at 9:15 PM

    Papaya as jam! Now you have my attention. How do you come up with these ideas? Great job, Reshmi!

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  12. Nava KMarch 19, 2013 at 5:07 AM

    I like the creativity of using the papaya. Never tried and never knew that papaya can be used for halwa. Lovely and got me so excited.

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  14. www.mahaslovelyhome.comApril 8, 2013 at 8:52 PM

    deliicous n Love to have a spn.
    MAha

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  15. UnknownApril 17, 2013 at 5:49 AM

    I have papaya in the fridge which nobody is eating so I am going to try this. Thanks

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