This yummy and little chewy sweet is prepared with red Pumpkin / Bhopla / Thiyya gummadi(Telugu).
Ingredients:
Red Pumpkin – 250 Gms,peeled and grated fine,
Sugar – 200 Gms,
Milk powder – 125 Gms,
Cardamum powder – 1/4 Tsp,
Desi ghee – 2 Tablesp,
Nuts – Almond slivers / pumpkin seeds / Melon seeds / Cashew bits etc Total 2 Tablesp,
Method:
1).Heat ghee on a non stick or thick bottomed pan,cook grated pumpkin on slow fire till just soft and raw smell goes.
2).Add sugar and stir for 3 to 4 minutes till it melts .Now add milk powder ( make a thick paste with little water to avoid lumps) along with cardamum powder. Stir quickly and continously till the whole mixture becomes a mass and leaves the sides of the pan.
3).Pour this on a greased tray or plate.Sprinkle the nuts over the burfi and press them with any flat katori.
4).Cool and cut the burfi into any desired shapes.
Tip:
You can substitute unsweetened or sweetened khoya instead of milk powder.This vegetable is naturally sweet.Hence use sugar as per your taste.