Watermelon Rind Halwa – தர்பூசணி அல்வா

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Recently Uma @indiancurrytrail shared a halwa recipe using the rind and was so tempted to try.  I have adapted a portion of her recipe but turned it more like a milk based halwa. This tastes exactly like Poosanikai halwa / kasi halwa… recipe similar to that of carrot halwa.  Hope you all like it!

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Watermelon Rind Halwa

Watermelon Rind Halwa – milk based dessert made using watermelon rind.

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time45 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: halwa, rind, sweets, watermelon

Servings: 6

Author: Mullai Madavan

Ingredients

• 2 cups Watermelon rind grated
• 2 cups Milk (make sure its hot)
• 0.75 cup Sugar
• 3 tbsp Ghee
• 1/4 tsp Cardamom powder
• 10 each Cashew nut
• 1 pinch Yellow food color optional

Instructions

• Remove the pink watermelon flesh from the rind. Using a peeler, remove the thick green skin on top and discard. Grate the white flesh using a grater and keep it aside.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of ghee in a pan, fry the cashews till golden. When done remove just the cashews and add the grated rinds to the ghee and fry them in the ghee.
• The grated peel will have some water content initially and that will evaporate as it gets cooked. Cook over medium flame for 10 minutes stirring continuously.
• Now add hot milk to this and cook further for another 10 stirring continuously. (adding cold milk to warm rind may curdle the milk)
• Once the milk reduces 75% add sugar, cardamom powder, food color and stir continuously for 10 minutes.
• Keep stirring the halwa mixture at regular intervals, you may also have to scrape the sides of the pan and the bottom as well to avoid milk solids sticking to the bottom of the pan.
• Simmer until the halwa thickens. Finally add in 1 tablespoon of ghee and fried cashews to finish.
• Serve warm!

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Notes

This halwa stays good for up to a week when refrigerated. You may warm it up lightly before serving.

This halwa can be made simple by skipping the milk part of the recipe.

To reduce cooking time, you may choose to use Khoya or milk powder.

If using sweetened condensed, skip regular milk and sugar.