Homemade Petha
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Petha is a translucent soft candy from Indian subcontinent made from Ash Gourd or White Pumpkin. It is generally made by cutting Ash Gourd into cubes, soaking in Lime and then boiling and coating in a flavoured Sugar syrup.
Nowadays with growing innovation and new trends, many varieties of Petha is available in the Indian sweetmeat shops.
A very famous story that goes around it's history is that once the famous Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan ordered his royal cooks to make a special Dessert that would be as pure and White as the Marble clad Taj Mahal.
Thus was invented the popular Petha which later became so famous and well known as Agra Petha.
I tried this as I was having a little of this Vegetable that was pre cut. Therefore I had only done the rest of the cooking process. Therefore the pieces might be of a little smaller size but then I think it's perfectly okay as long as you get pure homemade Petha. Isn't it guys?
I had served this to my family alongside Arabic Kahwa for Iftaar.
It was just awesome.
Enjoy Cooking with Zeen!
Homemade Petha
#SC3
#cookpadindia
Petha is a translucent soft candy from Indian subcontinent made from Ash Gourd or White Pumpkin. It is generally made by cutting Ash Gourd into cubes, soaking in Lime and then boiling and coating in a flavoured Sugar syrup.
Nowadays with growing innovation and new trends, many varieties of Petha is available in the Indian sweetmeat shops.
A very famous story that goes around it's history is that once the famous Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan ordered his royal cooks to make a special Dessert that would be as pure and White as the Marble clad Taj Mahal.
Thus was invented the popular Petha which later became so famous and well known as Agra Petha.
I tried this as I was having a little of this Vegetable that was pre cut. Therefore I had only done the rest of the cooking process. Therefore the pieces might be of a little smaller size but then I think it's perfectly okay as long as you get pure homemade Petha. Isn't it guys?
I had served this to my family alongside Arabic Kahwa for Iftaar.
It was just awesome.
Enjoy Cooking with Zeen!
Open in Cookpad AppSteps
- 1
Peel and cut the ripe Ash Gourd into cubes. Poke them with a fork all over. Immerse them in a bowl full of water with Limestone or the common Chuna that we get easily in the markets. Leave it for a good 2 hours or overnight for best results. Later rinse thoroughly so that no traces of Limestone remains.
- 2
Now boil them on a high heat for about 15-20 minutes or until tender and done. Cover and set aside for the rest of the day. Drain them in the evening and now it is time to cook these cubes. Boil Sugar and water. As soon as it starts boiling vigorously, add these cubes to it. Cook until the syrup becomes transparent and thicker. Add a pinch of Cardamom powder to the syrup for flavour.
- 3
It takes around 15 minutes or so. Take it off the heat. Leave it aside so that they soak up the syrup nicely. After about one hour or so, spread these in a plate and leave under the fan to dry up. By next morning, these are all set.
- 4
Store them in airtight containers and relish for a Month and even more. Enjoy! Yum!
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Comments (18)
Dear one quick question once it’s ready yyyy it is yellow in color is it because of the sugar syrup we can add lime juice in syrup as well right to change its color to translucent then in later stage the petha dipped in syrup will look white …?