Papaya Halwa
Ingredients
- 2 ripe strawberry papaya fruit
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1/4 cup golden raisins
- 1/4 cup toasted broken cashews
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
- additional cashews or raisins (optional garnish)
Instructions
- Peel papaya, remove seeds and grate fruit on a box grater or food processor (yield 16 ounces grated pulp).
- Cook fruit pulp for 15 minutes with butter and lime juice.
- Add raisins and cashews, then cook about another hour on low heat, stirring frequently, until thick and somewhat dry and chunky and starts coming together in a ball (not like applesauce, but more like mashed potatoes).
- Add vanilla and cardamom, stirring to mix.
- Serve warm or cool, topped with a garnish of your choice.
Notes
From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com