Pusinikkai Kurma, Winter Melon ( White Pumpkin ) Kurma

          Whenever I buy winter melon, the first dish that I would do with it is Moru Kuzhambu ( curd based gravy ) or a kootu or raitha, and the Pusinikkai Dosa. Couple of weeks back, I had to make a side dish to go with rotis and I had to do it with Winter Melon, so then I thought I could make a kurma with it. It's an easy recipe, it  turned out good and went very well with the rotis..

Kasi Halwa, Pusinikkai (White Pumpkin) Halwa

          Today's post is going to be another sweet recipe, Kasi Halwa, made with Pusinikkai/White Pumpkin. I love halwas, especially the ones made with vegetables, like the carrot halwa, bottle gourd halwa and beetroot halwa and they are all easy to make. Apart from the vegetable, we need the very basic ingredients like sugar and some cardamom for flavor and of course some food color and it's an easy recipe, even a beginner can try this out, so make and enjoy Kasi Halwa for this Diwali..

Kerala Style More Kuzhambu

         When you are bored with sambars and kootus More Kuzhambu comes as a change, it's usually made with ladysfinger or okra, chayote or chow-chow and pusinikkai, or even without vegetables. Today I made it with pusinikkai or white pumpkin, but it's a slightly different version, with sesame seeds and cashew. I had jotted down this recipe from the Hindu newspaper, many years back, it was mentioned as Kayhuli, a Kerala recipe. It has very few ingredients, but that does not grade it down in taste..