Papaya Halwa Recipe | Papaya Sweet | Papaya Jelly Delight with detailed photo and video recipe. An extremely simple and tasty Indian sweet recipe prepared with ripe and juicy papaya, sugar & ghee. It is very similar to any other spongy halwa or delight recipe but with more papaya flavour and texture inside the halwa. It can be an ideal lite and simple dessert recipe served after lunch or dinner meal or for any auspicious occasion or celebration feast.
Papaya Halwa Recipe | Papaya Sweet | Papaya Jelly Delight with step-by-step photo and video recipe. Halwa or dense sweet recipes are always a popular choice when we talk about Indian sweets. It is mainly the ingredients used in those sweets which make them dense and sometimes overwhelming especially after consuming them. Having said that, there are certain sweets that are lite and soft jelly in texture, and papaya delight sweet is one such simple and tasty sweet.
As I was explaining earlier, this sweet is very much inspired by my previous posts on halwa/delight recipes. However, there are so many differences in the end product when compared to my previous sweets. Firstly the sweet is very lite and less dense as compared to all my previous delight recipes. This is mainly due to the ingredients used. In other words, papaya is more lite compared to my previously used ingredients. Secondly, I personally like the taste of papaya when mixed with sugar and ghee. You get a feeling of pineapple, yet subtly different and unique on its own. Also, when ghee combines with papaya puree, it makes it so smooth and silky that the dessert just melts in your mouth. Do try this variant and let me know if you liked this type of delightful sweet recipe.
Finally, I request you to check my other related Indian Sweets Recipes Collection with this post on the papaya halwa recipe. It mainly includes my other related recipes like Karanji Recipe 2 Ways – Authentic & Layered, Modak Recipe, Churma Ladoo Recipe, Panjiri Recipe, Dry Fruit Barfi Recipe, Banana Halwa Recipe, Gulab Jamun Recipe – Soft with Milk Powder, Lauki Ki Barfi Recipe – No Mawa Mithai, Rava Laddu Recipe, Peanut Katli Recipe – Cheaper Kaju Katli. Further to these, I would also like to add some more related recipe categories like,
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Papaya Halwa Recipe | Papaya Sweet | Papaya Jelly Delight
Ingredients
- 1 kg papaya
- ½ cup custard powder
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 cup milk
- ¼ cup ghee
Instructions
- firstly, peel the skin off papaya and remove the seeds.
- roughly chop the ripened papaya.
- grind to a smooth puree without adding any water.
- transfer the papaya puree to a large bowl.
- add ½ cup custard powder, ¾ cup sugar, and 2 cup milk.
- whisk and mix well making sure everything is well combined.
- now transfer the papaya mixture to a large kadai.
- keep stirring continuously, keeping the flame on medium.
- after 5 minutes, the mixture will start to thicken.
- now add 2 tbsp ghee and continue to cook.
- keep adding ghee in batches making sure the mixture is cooked uniformly.
- keep stirring until the mixture will start to hold shape and separate the pan.
- transfer the mixture to a tray.
- level up making sure it is of uniform thickness.
- rest for 1 hour or until the dessert is set well.
- cut into the shape of your choice and roll into desiccated coconut.
- finally, enjoy papaya halwa for a week when stored in the refrigerator.
Nutrition
How to make Papaya Sweet with step by step photo:
- firstly, peel the skin off papaya and remove the seeds.
- roughly chop the ripened papaya.
- grind to a smooth puree without adding any water.
- transfer the papaya puree to a large bowl.
- add ½ cup custard powder, ¾ cup sugar, and 2 cup milk.
- whisk and mix well making sure everything is well combined.
- now transfer the papaya mixture to a large kadai.
- keep stirring continuously, keeping the flame on medium.
- after 5 minutes, the mixture will start to thicken.
- now add 2 tbsp ghee and continue to cook.
- keep adding ghee in batches making sure the mixture is cooked uniformly.
- keep stirring until the mixture will start to hold shape and separate the pan.
- transfer the mixture to a tray.
- level up making sure it is of uniform thickness.
- rest for 1 hour or until the dessert is set well.
- cut into the shape of your choice and roll into desiccated coconut.
- finally, enjoy papaya halwa for a week when stored in the refrigerator.
Notes:
- firstly, make sure to adjust the amount of sugar depending on the sweetness of the papaya.
- also, you can replace custard powder with corn flour, however, custard powder gives a nice flavor to halwa.
- additionally, cook the mixture really well, or else the halwa will be sticky.
- finally, papaya halwa recipe tastes great when served chilled.