Customer Reviews

Kitchens Of India Puddings, Pumpkin And Milk, 8.8-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 6)

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I read all the reviews and decided I did not want to eat all the calories and fat in one setting (seriously, each package is so small i think I can finish it in 4 or 5 bites). So I looked around the house for something I can mix this with, and then it hit me, oatmeal. I had some McCann's steel cut oatmeal. I mixed 1 and half cup of dry oatmeal, cooked it first for around half an hour. When it's ready, I threw in the pudding. The result was FANTASTIC, it was not overly sweet and had plenty of flavor, not to mention, the pudding just got 10 times healthier because the oatmeal is high fiber and low calories. Perfect for breakfast.

In addition to oatmeal, I can think of several other things that you might consider mixing this pudding with. Cake mix (then bake the cake, of course), rice congee (add a variety of beans for even more flavor), and pumpkin pie. Just be creative and dont eat this by itself, the flavor would so sweet and rich that it would make you sick. For your reference, each package contains 2 servings, each serving has 51% of your daily fat intake (based on 2000 calorie diet), and 51 grams of sugar (20% of your carb intake), and 570 calories.

This is definitely an indulgence item. I don't mind the calories (over 500 a serving) if the product is good, but I find this product way too sweet for my taste. I was overwhelmed by the sweetness and could not really get much of the pumpkin flavor or any flavor other than sweet. There was a grittiness to the texture that I did not enjoy. It is probably the sugar granules, but it would not dissolve or go away even when the product was heated. It felt like I was biting on sand pieces. When heated (particularly in the microwave), the oil will separate from the solid parts so you have to spend a couple of minutes mixing it back in, or you can try to pour it off and save on the calories a bit.

There is so much sugar in this that I can't stand to eat it. It's a shame, because the flavor of the pumpkin is extraordinarily good. Why ruin it with so much sugar? If they ever change the recipe and cut the sugar way down, I'd buy it again in a heartbeat.

This is very very yummy. The only reason I give it a 4 stars is that it is very rich ... 500 calories. If you don't care for calories, give it a try!

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.

I know that Indian desserts are traditionally very sweet (I've eaten my share of them), but this is a case where Kitchens of India could have and should have opted for less traditional. The pumpkin in this dessert is good, but it's so hard to actually sense the flavor because of the overwhelming oil and sugar (so dense that it's gritty still). I can't really recommend this product to others except for curiosity -- you could very easily make your own pumpkin "pudding" dessert that is much more palatable and satisfying.

And my gosh, the calories & fat content - ouch! It's so hard to imagine those numbers are real, but the nutrition you see listed here on Amazon is exactly the same as on the individual packages. The only hope is to mix it in with something else that is very light (in calories & fat) to make a much larger dessert.

Absolutely delicious. To rate it I am comparing it to other Indian pumpkin halwas and for a packaged variety this is awesome. It is really rich, is very fresh and tastes just like a halwa! I heat it well and that makes it less gritty, but that's not a problem for me because halwas like gajja halwa are gritty usually. It is SWEET like most Indian sweets. Just a spoon with hot milk or tea is perfect for me. Another great product from Kitchens of India!
By the way, this is "petha halwa" and I don't think Petha is exactly the pumpkin that is used in American Pumpkin pies. So if you are looking for that Pumpkin flavor, skip this dessert.

i got them for a good price, but they are just too sweet, and lots of oil.
If you like the flaver, that is not too bad, but just can not have much of it.

This product is way too sweet. I diluted with half milk and there are still chunks of sugar and it's syrupy sweet. Even my husband who enjoys spoonfuls of maple syrup thinks it's too sweet.

This dessert is so sinfully rich and delicious. I didn't really know how to present this to my dinner guests, because it's too rich to be offered in large portions, so I wasn't sure how 3 tablespoons at the bottom of a ramekin would be welcomed, but my friends loved it. I find it very difficult to open a pouch and not eat the whole thing on my own, so I try to pretend I don't have a new pack of 6 pouches in my pantry right now.
I found that no matter how you heat it, microwave or heating the pouch in hot water, there will be some separation of the fat from the pudding, if it's overheated, but noone seems to care. It's very easy to overheat the content in the microwave, half a minute is plenty.