Sweet Potato Halwa (Won 2nd Prize in Meri Paushtik Rasoi Contest, 2019)

Ingredients :

• Sweet Potatoes – 3 medium sized
  
• Sugar / Jaggery – 2 table spoons
• Ghee – 2 ½ table spoon
• Milk  – 2 table spoons
• Cardamom  powder – 2 pinch
• Cashews – 4 – 5 nos.
• Pistachios – 4 – 5 nos.

Preparation Method :

1) Boil the sweet potatoes, peel them and cut it in small pieces

2) Take ½ table spoon of Ghee in a pan, fry cashews to slightly golden colour and keep it aside

3) Take 2 more table spoon of ghee in pan, add cut pieces of sweet potatoes, stir and saute it properly till ghee leaves the edges of the pan

4) Add Jaggery / Sugar as per sweet taste required and saute again for 5 mins (note that sweet potatoes are already sweet hence jaggery / sugar needs to be used accordingly)

5) Add milk and saute it again for 5 mins

6) Once halwa is off the flame, add cardamom powder, crushed or sliced cashews and pistachios

7) Nutritional Sweet Potato Halwa is ready to serve 

Health benefits of Sweet Potato :

Sweet potatoes contains high amounts of fiber and potassium. They have more grams of natural sugars than regular potato but more overall nutrients with fewer calories. Sweet potatoes help maintain a healthy blood pressure and protect against cancer.