Cabbage Halwa
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HI
Did you also react the same way as my hubby did…”Eh..what, Cabbage and Halwa????.OH…..No…”…:-)I guess you did but believe me cabbage in this form is yummy too.For the third day of Cabbage Marathon and cooking cabbage as a dessert fron Mallika Badrinath’s 100 Sweets book, truly makes me a daring cook!!!Here is the very simple recipe for a delicious halwa
INGREDIENTS
Cabbage(cut into tiny bits) 2 cups
Sugar 1 cup
Grated fresh coconut 1/2 cup
Milk 1/4 cup
Sugar 3/4 cup
Cashew 15
Ghee (Clarified butter) 3 tbsp
Cardamom powder 1/4 tsp
PREPARATION
Cut the cabbage finely. Cook it till it is well cooked. I MICROWAVED it for 5 minutes with 1 tbsp of water.
Soak the cashew in the milk
Grind the cooked cabbage, coconut, cashew with milk till smooth.
Transfer this to a pan and add the sugar to it. Mix well
Cook it in low flame till it reaches the halwa consistency .Sprinkle the cardamom powder, mix well
Add the ghee and mix well
Switch off the fire.
Serve warm or cold
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You are right, cabbage as a dessert ingredient is surely a novel idea. But, the image looks so appetizing that it is hard to believe there is a surprise ingredient in it! Would love to try it sometime.
Very interesting and innovative recipe.. looks tempting..
Veena, yes you are right..can't even dream of cabbage being used in a halwa….I guess the other ingredients must have overpowered the cabbage flavor. Must say you are a daring lady…if I were you I would have never had the guts to try.
wow… mouth watering recipe… fabulous clicks…
Are you into cabbage now adays? just kidding – lovely…am sure this will be tasty
Halwa looks superb, very delightful n quite unique.
innovative and looks yum!
I too gave the same expression as ur hubby did herb I read the post title… But seeing the pictures makes it appealing n should try this for sure
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What an innovation. Looks nice 🙂
so unique… Cabbage in a halwa is something I would def not even dream of… looks good 🙂
Very innovative & the halwa looks so good.
Wow Veena, you really did it! I must appreciate your folks as well for daring enough to taste it..:) Had I tried it, I would have been the person to taste as well..:)
Definitely a unique dessert.. Cabbage in sweets is definitely new.. Looks delicious.
Can't imagine halwa in cabbage. Need to try once.
You guessed my reaction 🙂 but I guess if the smell of cabbage is taken care of it is as good as any other halwa!!
I have seen cabbage payasam recipe in Vasantha Moothy's book, so its not a shocker for me. Else I would have been totally surprised at a cabbage dessert!
Looks good!
I would never have thought of using cabbage in a dessert in a million years but wow it does look good
OMG! I should really try this. Never thought the least cabbage could be used in a dessert. Cool!
I did react like that, but I have to admit it looks yummy.
Am a newbie to Indian cooking. What is ghee and how much cardamom powder is sprinkled on?
Hello Helen
Thank you for pointing out. I have updated the post. Ghee is not but clarified butter, And I have used 1/4 tsp of cardamom powder in this.