Ingredients vegetarian 4 servings

• 15 White-pumpkin pieces - peel off the skin , remove the seeds and clean well
• 300gm or 350gm Sugar
• 3/4 litre water
• 1 tsp vanilla essence(colourless)
• a pinch of salt

Directions

1.Take a microwave bowl,heat water -- microwave(high) for 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(high) for 20 to 25 mins.
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 well-absorbed the sugar syrup) and cover it with a lid and let it cool for an hour.
8.Serve the Caramelized Crunchy White-Pumpkin Pieces with or without sugar syrup in a bowl.

Comments

Mayask

My favourite pumpkin sweet . Thanx a ton . All Ur recipes are superb .

christy gerald

Sonu!Thank u so much!(for encouraging everyone here).Shaila Prabhu,thanks a lot for ur feedback.

shaila Prabhu

thank u Christy, I was looking for this recipe

sonu

u r a great cook with varieties.

christy gerald

Hi Divya!.Length should be 3 to 4 cms and width-2 to 2.5 cms.

Divya

Dear Christy what should be the size of pumpkin pcs?

christy gerald

Hi Shamama,Hope u r doing fine. It could be petha(i'm not sure abt it).Thank u so much. This one is done better, if u leave it soaked for more than an hour.

shamama

cool it looks like petha... i always wanted this recipe.