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Indian Cooking Recipe : How to Make Angoori Petha

Ingredients for the Recipe

• 2 kg. White pumpkin
• ¼ tsp slaked lime
• 3 cups sugar
• a few drops yellow food colour
• 1 cup dried coconut

Recipe (How to Make):

1. Peel and deseed the pumpkin.
2. Scoop out balls from the pumpkin by using a melon scoop.
3. Prick each pumpkin ball with a fork at close intervals.
4. Rub the slaked lime on the pumpkin balls and keep aside for 5 minutes.
5. Wash the pumpkin balls thoroughly. Drain and keep aside.
6. In a heavy bottomed pan, mix the sugar and yellow food colouring with 2 cups of water and bring to a boil.
7. Remove any impurities floating on the surface, using a slotted spoon.
8. Put the pumpkin balls and cook on a high flame for 10 to 15 minutes.
9. Take out from the fire. Cool completely.
10. Drain from the sugar syrup and roll the petha balls in dried coconut.