We make lots of recipes using sweet potato. We can simply cook sweet potato and eat or we can make it as a porial and have with rice. Here I have made halwa using sweet potato.
Sweet potatoes are good for our health and its glycemic index is less than potatoes. Sweet potatoes are rich in fiber and helps in bowel movement. Sweet potatoes are rich in fibers, vitamin A, C, B3, B5, and B6 that have numerous health benefits like boosting our immune system. These vitamins improve our brain functions. Sweet potatoes are high in essential nutrients such as manganese, copper, and potassium. These nutrients are an elixir for our bones.
Sarkarai Valli Kizhangu (Sweet Potato) Halwa
We make lots of recipes using sweet potato. We can simply cook sweet potato and eat or we can make it as a porial and have with rice. Here I have made halwa using sweet potato.Sweet potatoes are good for our health and its glycemic index is less than potatoes. Sweet potatoes are rich in fiber and helps in bowel movement. Sweet potatoes are rich in fibers, vitamin A, C, B3, B5, and B6 that have numerous health benefits like boosting our immune system. These vitamins improve our brain functions. Sweet potatoes are high in essential nutrients such as manganese, copper, and potassium. These nutrients are an elixir for our bones.
Ingredients
- Sweet Potatoes – 2 big or 3 medium
- Sugar – 5 or 6 tsps.
- Ghee – 1 tbsp.
- Cahsew Nuts – 7 or 8
- Raisins – 7 or 8
- Cardamom Powder – ¼ tsp.
Instructions
- Cook sweet potatoes in enough water in a pressure cooker.
- Remove from cooker and let it cool down.
- Peel the sweet potatoes and mash them well.
- In a pan, heat ghee and add cashew nuts and raisins and fry till cashew nuts turn golden brown in colour.
- Remove the cashew nuts and raisins and keep.
- In the same pan add mashed sweet potatoes and sugar and mix well.
- Cook till it comes to halwa consistency.
- Add cardamom powder, cashew nuts and raisins and mix well.
- Simple sweet potato halwa is ready.
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