Petha
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Petha is a translucent soft candy from the Indian subcontinent made from ash gourd or white pumpkin. It is simply called petha in Hindi and Urdu.
Kesar Petha variant
Rock sugar Winter Melon candy : Dōngguā táng 冬瓜糖
Wax gourd
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Benincasa hispida, the wax gourd, also called ash gourd, white gourd, winter gourd, winter melon, tallow gourd, ash pumpkin, dongah or Chinese preserving melon, is a species of gourd.
Petha
…Petha (Hindi: पेठा pronounced ) is a translucent soft candy from the Indian subcontinent made from ash gourd or white pumpkin. It is simply called petha in Hindi and Urdu. Ash gourds, commonly referred to as white pumpkins, are a vegetable with a pale-green…
Benincasa hispida compose
Illustration (as the synonym Benincasa cerifera) in "Les plantes potagères" Vilmorin 1925
Winter melon plant in Cambodia
Nearly mature wax gourd