Pethe Ka Halwa: Try This Punjabi Recipe For A Rich Dessert

By Garima Johar

February 17, 2025

Petha, or pumpkin, is a highly nutritious vegetable. If you don’t like to eat it as a vegetable, perhaps you should try making a dessert out of it. Here’s an easy recipe to make pethe ka halwa.

Ingredients

1 petha (pumpkin) 3/4 cup powdered sugar 3 cups milk 3/4 cup khoya 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder 1 teaspoon ghee 2 tablespoons cashew nuts

Step 1

Soak the pumpkin in water for a few hours till it's soft.

Step 2

Peel the pumpkin and remove its seeds.

Step 3

Remove extra water from the pumpkin and mash it in medium flame.

Step 4

Add milk and sugar and mix well till all the milk is absorbed.

Step 5

Mix in khoya, cardamom powder, and cashew nuts and cook till fragrant.

Step 6

Top it off with some ghee and cashew nuts, and enjoy the hot halwa.