Caramelized Crunchy White-Pumpkin

By: christy gerald of Dubai, AE

White-Pumpkin Pieces Caramelized in Sugar syrup

Serves 4 people

This North-Indian Sweet should be little crunchy inside. Can be in 20 mins time but it must get soaked in sugar syrup for an hour. U can store this sweet for a day only(in the fridge).

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Ingredients

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.

Latest Comments

By Mayask on 5/12/2011 4:28:00 AM

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

By christy gerald on 11/20/2009 6:51:00 AM

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

By shaila Prabhu on 11/19/2009 2:33:00 AM

thank u Christy, I was looking for this recipe

By sonu on 11/19/2009 1:39:00 AM

u r a great cook with varieties.

By christy gerald on 11/18/2009 2:48:00 AM

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

By Divya on 11/18/2009 1:53:00 AM

Dear Christy what should be the size of pumpkin pcs?

By christy gerald on 11/16/2009 6:22:00 AM

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.

By shamama on 11/16/2009 3:01:00 AM

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