{"id":461,"date":"2017-03-13T06:01:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T06:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/?p=461"},"modified":"2018-05-06T15:59:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T15:59:19","slug":"potato-halwa-aloo-ka-halwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/potato-halwa-aloo-ka-halwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Potato halwa (Aloo ka halwa)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once during our visit to my in-laws\u2019 place many years back, my mother-in-law told that she was making potato halwa. I thought she must be joking. Coming from Kerala, I couldn\u2019t imagine one can make halwa with potato. But I was in for a surprise, and with the first morsel I tasted, I was hooked! I fell in love with the mild flavour and the tongue tingling taste. She used water in her recipe, but today when I prepared it, I added a bit of milk just to get the special feeling of a sweet prepared on Holi festival day.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-462 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/seven.jpg?resize=474%2C381&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/seven.jpg?w=1791&amp;ssl=1 1791w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/seven.jpg?resize=300%2C241&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/seven.jpg?resize=1024%2C823&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/seven.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/seven.jpg?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<p>2 cups boiled, peeled, mashed potato<br \/>\n2 tbsps ghee<br \/>\n\u00be cup sugar<br \/>\n1\/2 cup milk<br \/>\n1 \u00bd cup water<br \/>\n\u00bd tsp cardamom powder<br \/>\n1 tbsp broken cahews<br \/>\n1 tbsp raisins<br \/>\n4 badams slivered<\/p>\n<h2>Instruction<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Heat a thick bottomed pan and add the mashed potato and on medium flame, keep stirring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-463\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/two-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/two-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/two-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/two-1.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/two-1.jpg?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>After about ten minutes, add the cashew peices.<\/li>\n<li>When the potato becomes brown in color and the ghee starts separating from the sides, add the sugar , after three or four minutes, add the milk and water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-464\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/three-1.jpg?resize=300%2C195&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/three-1.jpg?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/three-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C667&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/three-1.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/three-1.jpg?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-465\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/five.jpg?resize=300%2C181&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/five.jpg?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/five.jpg?resize=1024%2C617&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/five.jpg?w=1494&amp;ssl=1 1494w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/five.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/five.jpg?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add raisins, cardamom powder, mix well and cover the pan, reduce the flame to low. Open and stir in between.<\/li>\n<li>When it becomes halwa consistency, remove from fire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-466\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/six.jpg?resize=300%2C188&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/six.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/six.jpg?resize=1024%2C642&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/six.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/six.jpg?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Garnish with badam slivers and serve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once during our visit to my in-laws\u2019 place many years back, my mother-in-law told that she was making potato halwa. I thought she must be joking. Coming from Kerala, I couldn\u2019t imagine one can make halwa with potato. But I was in for a surprise, and with the first morsel I tasted, I was hooked! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/potato-halwa-aloo-ka-halwa\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Potato halwa (Aloo ka halwa)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allposts","category-desserts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Tz6f-7r","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}