A heavenly delight, from the ancient kitchen of Udupi Krishna temple, Karnataka. This is made from Ash gourd, the golden colored, glistening nectar, studded with dry fruits will steal your heart at one glance.✨💫💛
HAPPY KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI TO ALL🙏🌹
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Ingredients:
· Ash gourd/ White Pumkin – 3 cups (grated)
· Sugar – 1½ cups
· Ghee – ½ cup
· Chopped cashew nut – 10-12
· Raisins – 1 tbsp
· Cardamom powder – ½ tsp
· Saffron strands - a pinch
Method:
· In a small pan, heat the ghee and add the cashews and raisins and fry until they are golden in colour.
· Take a big pan or kadhai, place the grated pumpkin and over low to medium heat cook until the water evaporates and the pumpkin is almost dry.
· Keep stirring continuously. Now add the sugar and the saffron strands, increase the heat a little and cook until the sugar melts.
· Add the ghee and give a good mix. Keep stirring continuously.
· Now lower the heat and cook until the mixture is a deep golden colour and dry.
· Add the fried dry fruits and cardamom powder to the pumpkin and cook until the mixture starts to leave the sides of the pan.
· Your temple style Prasadam is ready to be served warm or cold.