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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Caramelized Crunchy White-Pumpkin (Petha) -a M/W Recipe

This North-Indian Sweet will be little crunchy inside and well-known as 'Petha'. It can be done in 20 mins time but it must get soaked in sugar syrup for an hour.U can store this sweet for a day alone(in the fridge).Try it at home and Enjoy North-Indian Petha.Kids of all ages will fall in luv with this sweet.Bon Appetit!

Caramelized Crunchy White-Pumpkin - White-Pumpkin Pieces Caramelized in Sugar syrup



Ingredients

20 White-pumpkin pieces -1 inch squares- peel off the skin , remove the seeds and clean well
300 - 350gm Sugar
500 ml water
1 tsp vanilla essence(colourless)
a pinch of salt

Directions
1.Take a microwavesafe-bowl,heat water -- microwave(high) for 3-4 mins (till water boils).
2.Take that bowl out, add sugar  and a pinch of salt to it and mix well till sugar gets dissolved completely.
3.Place the bowl inside the oven and microwave it on high for 20 mins - if needed stir it once at the 15th min.
4.Take the bowl out after 5 mins.
5.Now,add the vanilla essence and white-pumpkin pieces and mix well.
6.Microwave this high for 2 more mins.
7.Take the bowl out after 5 mins(the white-pumpkin pieces should be very crunchy inside and shd get well-absorbed  in the sugar syrup) and cover it with a lid and let it cool for an hour.
8.Serve this Caramelized Crunchy White-Pumpkin Pieces with or without sugar syrup in a bowl.

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7 comments:

  1. Jayanthy Kumaran27 September 2011 at 16:23

    hy dear,
    never tried this before...sounds lipsmacking..:)
    Tasty Appetite

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  2. Julie27 September 2011 at 18:37

    Wow..pethas are perfect dear!I tried it out once but not reached upto this level,will try the microwave style:-)
    bookmarked!!!

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  3. Angel27 September 2011 at 19:03

    I'VE TASTED THESE BUT NEVER TRIED TO MAKE IT .
    THANKS A BUNCH FOR THE RECIPE .

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  4. aipi27 September 2011 at 19:05

    What a classic ~ deserves to be perfectly recreated like you have done here! Your post reminded me of growing up in India n enjoying these pethas at our grandparent's house ~ love it!
    USMasala

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  5. Unknown27 September 2011 at 20:24

    ooh! my fav when I visited agra!!! Looks awesome, dear:)

    Priya
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  6. Saru Singhal27 September 2011 at 20:38

    Thanks for this Christy...:)

    Saru

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  7. Reva27 September 2011 at 20:38

    Lovely creation , I remember having this some 10 years back..:) I can;t believe it is so easy to make..
    Bookmarked it..:) Thanks for sharing..
    Reva

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