PUMPKIN HALWA - PETHE KA HALWA Pethe Ka Halwa or Pumpkin Pudding   is an Indian dessert made using very few ingredients like Pumpkin , sugar, cardamom, ghee (clarified butter) and dry fruits.  I like to call this a healthy Dessert....why? Reason is although clarified butter gives the halwa a nice and rich taste you can still cook it in very little ghee and sugar and it will still taste yumm. In fact depending on how sweet your pumpkin is you may not really need that much sugar.  So a complete win-win for all the dessert lovers. Also you can enjoy this sweet during fasts just avoid the black cardamom.  I have used Pressure cooker to cook the pumpkin but you can also use a vessel to do so. Pressure cooking just quickens the whole process and hence my preference. You can either grate the pumpkin or cut it in cubes like I have for this recipe. I prefer to go with cubes because when you pressure cook the pumpkin will turn ...