Yellow Pumpkin Kheer - A to Z Maharashtrian Sweets
I no longer lament on the speed with which the days seem to fly! Still, it took me by surprise that we are already in Y. This is yet another of those tough alphabets, and given my theme being sweets, it was tiresome.
I initially had another choice, only to find that it was not correct. I read somewhere that Ratalyacha Sheera is yam halwa and was planning on making it. Only later realized that Ratalyacha is Sweet Potato and not Yam. Then I had an option of making Yam Halwa or Kheer, both of which were not appealing to me.
So I again pinged Pradnya, and she suggested I make something with Yellow Pumpkin. I told her that I have ready-made Lal Bhoplyacha Halwa and she said I could make kheer with it and call it Yellow Pumpkin Kheer. Lal in Marathi and Yellow in English. If you remember I actually called it Red Pumpkin, however, it does look yellow. So my next best choice Yellow Pumpkin Kheer.
This is similar to carrot kheer or any veggie kheer. They call it Bhoplyachi Keer and I was all for it. I had asked Amma to get me some pumpkin and she got me two of these small pumpkins about a couple of weeks ago. I was thinking it might go bad, later Amma confirmed that pumpkins stay good over a year if they are stored as a whole.
Every day I go back home, see the pumpkin on the table, and think I should make the kheer. Finally, the day I made the Tandalachi Kheer, I decided to make this kheer as well. Yes, this was the other kheer I was talking about in that post. When Hubby Dear saw me working on the whole pictures, he asked me what I was up to. I said I was going to make Kheer and he has to eat it. He was all willing, seeing that I will not accept a no for an answer. Finally, I made this kheer later in the evening, even though the vegetable was chopped and grated.
Coming to the recipe, it looks like Pumpkin Kheer is quite popular. Pumpkin is called Parangi kai in Tamil, Gummadikaya in Telugu, Mathangya in Malayalam, and kaddu in Hindi.
I have only made a Carrot Kheer before and many vegetable halwa, so Vegetable Kheers are pending. I made it pretty much the same way. With the way things went, I couldn't give this kheer to Hubby dear and took it for my colleagues. Everybody thought it was vermicelli by looking at the grated pumpkin and loved every bit of it. In fact, it was such a hit that many of them came for a second helping and wanted to know how I made it.
After a week passed and one fine dinner time, Hubby dear remembered this Kheer and asked where his share was. I said it was good that he asked about it at least a week later and didn't completely forget it. He said he was looking forward to eating that. So I might take him on his word and make this soon again.
Now to the recipe, please excuse the number of pictures I have shared, it was almost an obsession and I couldn't get myself stick to my standard 3 final pictures.
I have been wanting to try clicking in black and tried in this post. Do share your thoughts on how the pictures have turned out. I haven't enhanced the pictures much.
Gayathri Kumar says
Beautiful snaps Valli. I just want to take a glass off the screen. Kheer looks so nice..
Priya Suresh says
Wow, this beautiful kheer will definitely please my tastebuds, this kheer looks ultimate Valli.
Suma Gandlur says
I still don't understand why you can't stand kheers. :))
It is surprising that you could come up with a dish for 'X' and stumbled at 'Y'. Keeping my surprises aside, the kheer looks colorful and must be a yummy one.
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan says
That does look yellow.. love that beautiful color. Looks great.
Usha Rao says
You husband at least remembered you had made it. The other day my husband asked when I was going to make surti papdi lilva rice, which I posted for H. He did not even remember that it was cooked and eaten few weeks ago.
Pumpkin kheer looks inviting and love that yellow color of the kheer.
Kalyani says
Ah! This kaddu KA kheer is a fav with my ex - colleague , now a good friend 🙂 she makes this regularly . Loved the colour & nice to hear ur hubby asking for a second helping ;))
Amara Annapaneni says
Love the color of your kheer Valli, it looks delicious and really inviting:)
vaishali sabnani says
Kheers are my favoriTe , the yellow looks pretty and i am sure it must have tasted awesome .
Pavani N says
That is an easy to make, delicious kheer. I love kheers, but rarely make them at home since my husband doesn't like milk based desserts.
Love the pumpkin clicks on black. I wish you made the pics bigger -- they would have looked really really nice.
Nalini's Kitchen says
Never tried kheer with yellow pumpkin,looks gorgeous..I second Pavani,if you make the pictures bigger,it would look so nice..Also I like some of your vertical images in other posts.
Harini-Jaya R says
The kheer looks very vibrant and tempting.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
The kheer looks so vibrant and love the clicks Valli! I am a big kheer fan and would absolutely try anything new 🙂
Ruchi Indu says
nice yellow colored kheer. Loved the clicks...
Smruti Shah says
I loved the bright yellow color you got there Valli. Such an interesting recipe!
The Pumpkin Farm says
the color does justice to the name, so we are saved on that front, i personally loved the last pic (all pics are fab) where we can see the strands of pumpkin