Kaddu Ka Murabba

Kaddu ka murabba is prepared and preserved in a sugar syrup flavored with cinnamon cloves and cardamoms.It can be served as sweet.

Ingredients:

•          10 to 15 medium pieces of Kaddu (about 2/2 inches) without seeds

•          3 to 4 Cardamom 

•          1inches long Cinnamon stick

•          1½ cups Sugar

•          3cups of water

•          1tbsp Lemon juice

Method:

•          In a pan boiled the Kaddu for 2 to 3 min. Then drain the water and fork them.

•           Now in a pan add sugar and water, and cardamom, cinnamon and bring them to boil.

•          Then add Kaddu and cook them  for about 40 min to 1hr min on low flame.

•          Add lemon juice to stop Crystallization

•          And leave it for one day.

•          Next day again boiled it for 15 min on low heat. (If syrup get thin, boiled it for few more min. to make it thick)

•          Let it to cool, and refrigerate it.

•           Serve with curd rice or as a sweet.

Recipe Credit: From my Ma’s Rasoi

Cook Tip: One more thing if you do not use lemon juice it will be crystalized. It will become candy. One more thing If syrup get thin, boiled it for few more min. to make it thick)