White Pumpkin Sweet

Name: White Pumpkin Sweet (Petha Sweets)
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: Banana, cherry and mango flavourings; 2 lb (910 g) petha (white pumpkin); ½ oz (15 g) slaked lime (chuna); 2 lb (910 g) sugar; 1 pt (600 mils) water; 1¼ pt (720 mils) water to mix with the lime; Desiccated coconut for coating; Green, red and orange colouring

Petha Sweets

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mrs. Balbir Singh's Indian Cookery

By Mrs Balbir Singh

Published 1961

About

Ingredients

Ingredients for soaking and boiling

2 lb (910 g) petha (white pumpkin)
½ oz (

Asia
India
Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Peel, wash and cut the petha (white pumpkin) into strips about ½″(1 cm) thick. Prick all over with a fork and cut into small rectangles, cubes or fancy-shaped designs. Shape the scrapings into small balls the size of a marble.