Kitchens Of India Ready to Eat Petha Halwa, White Pumpkin And Milk Pudding, 8.8-Ounces (Pack of 6)

I love Indian food, and that includes desserts.This is a different kind of dessert than what I'm used to. The ingredients include the following: Sugar, Sunflower Oil, Split Yellow Lentil, Evaporated Milk, Almond, Wheat, Semolina, Gram Flour and Saffron. As you can probably guess, the pudding was very sweet. Other than sugar and oil, the main ingredient is lentils which is kind of like a bean or pea.It tasted great, though the texture was odd. I found a bit of a burnt taste, too, but it didn't bother me.What did bother me was the calorie count. According to the instructions, there are two servings in the package. Each serving has 550 calories! Wow--that's a lot of calories and fat in one dessert.This is something, however, that I can see developing a craving for, but it's not something I'll eat often.

The first spoonful of this pumpkin-and-milk pudding (called Petha Halwa in India) reminded me of a soft candy called yema. I recommend this for those who love warm, sweet, creamy desserts.I have a sweet tooth, but this was too sweet not to share. I would share one pack among 4 people. Or, if you're dining solo, don't try to do as I did (eat all the entire package in one sitting)If I had one complaint, it is that there were small clumps of sugar i the package, biting into them isn't a sugar rush, perhaps because the rest of the package is so sweet already. But it may have been the goal of the company to produce a smooth taste. If so, it would be good for the makers (or for you) to mix the contents with a hard wooden spoon before serving. I tried breaking up the clumps by massaging the unopened foil package, but this method doesn't work.I also bought Kitchens of India Yellow Lentil & Milk Pudding, 8.8-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 6). This pumpkin pudding was sweeter than the lentil pudding. Checking the nutrition facts, my senses were confirmed by the sugar count: for every half cup, there were 51 grams of sugars in the pumpkin pudding and 41 grams in the lentil pudding.

I love the taste of pumpkin, and my favorite Indian restaurant has a pumpkin dessert that is to die for, but it is rarely on the menu. So when I saw this product, I had high hopes that I may have found a reliable source to satisfy my cravings and my sweet tooth.Then the day came to give the pudding a try. When it was heated up, a lot of oil separated out of the pudding. When removed from the microwave, the pudding appeared to be floating in a pool of oil. (At least some of the calories had seeped out!) When the pudding first hit my tongue, it had a pleasant taste, but it quickly became too sweet. It was course and granular, and almost like eating a piece of oily marzipan candy. Since my idea of pudding more closely resembles custards, the texture was not pleasant. A couple of spoons later, I was having a sugar rush that began to feel very close to a sugar coma.The next time I cooked the pudding at a lower temperature for less time, but the results were the same, and the oil separated out.In the end, my hopes of finding an alternate supply source for my favorite Indian dessert were dashed. Although it is good in very small portions with a glass of ice-cold milk, it just isn't worth all of the calories.

I really like Kitchens of India's curries, I have a sweet tooth and I generally like recipes made with pumpkin so thought this "pudding" would be great. I wish I could have tried it before buying a six pack. It does have an appealing taste but it was far too sweet to finish, even though I am used to Indian "sweets." Like other reviewers, I also found it to have lots of sugar "grit" and an excessive amount of oil that separates when heated. It was so rich and oily that I didn't even want to finish it. Each pouch actually has two servings and each serving has 570 calories, over 50% of the daily recommended value of fat and 61g of carbohydrates... in one 1/2 cup serving! I think I will just stick with Kitchens of India curries and look for dessert elsewhere.

Product is very oily, I had to drain a bunch off to eat it. The flavor is ok, pretty sweet, but the texture is very grainy and there are numerous small lumps of sugar in it. I don't know if it's suppose to be that way, if it's the brown sugar that is used in it or what, but I didn't care for it. It made it kind of crunchy, and not in a good way.

Ive tried to make Petha Halwa with healthier ingredients, it just was a hassle and not as tasty as this. is it good for you? nah, too much sugar. Is it delicious, yes. it has a texture of carmelized sugar/squash thats addicting. I add raisins to mine. As an occasional treat its fast, easy and really tasty.

Honestly, I love this stuff... but also avoid eating it too often because it tastes like it is 90% butter and about 10% pumpkin. It's delicious, and my whole family enjoys it, but it's not for the health conscious crowd. We typically eat it in small batches and it makes for a good exotic treat befitting a night of Indian cuisine at home!

Just not my cup of tea, very sweet and nothing like the picture on the package... it looks more like New England Indian Pudding. It's too sweet for me.