Carrot halwa Recipe

halwa recipe | Gajar ka halwa recipe (north Indian style)

 

Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

30 mins

Total time

40 mins

 

Author: Swasthi

Recipe type: Dessert

Cuisine: North Indian

Yield / Serves: 4

Ingredients (240 ml cup used)

• ½ kg carrots / gajar
• ½ liter or 2 cups full fat milk
• ½ heaped cup sugar ( ½ cup + 2 tbsp) (prefer organic)
• 3 to 4 elachi/ cardamom pods skinned and powdered.
• 2 tbsps ghee
• ¼ to ½ cup khoya/ mawa (optional)
• Handful of mixed nuts pista, cashew and almonds

Instructions

1. Dry roast nuts on a low heat until crunchy. Set aside to cool and chop them.
2. Bring milk to a boil in a heavy bottom pot or deep pan. Add grated carrots and begin to stir. Cook until the milk has completely evaporated.
3. Add sugar and stir. Sugar would release lot of moisture. Cook until half the moisture evaporates. Add ghee and stir well. Continue to cook until the moisture evaporates and the halwa thickens. If you like you can add grated khoya at this moment. Stir and cook for just 2 to 3 mins.
4. Garnish with nuts. Serve Warm or chilled.

Method 2 - Carrot halwa using condensed milk

1. For ½ kg carrots / gajar, we will need half tin of sweetened condensed milk. I.e 200 grams. Saute nuts in ghee and set aside. In the same ghee, saute grated carrots for 3 mins for the aroma to come out.
2. Lower the heat and add condensed milk. Stir well. With in few mins, gajar begins to release moisture.
3. Continue to cook until the moisture evaporates and the halwa thickens. Garnish with nuts.

Method 3 - Gajar halwa using khoya.

1. For ½ kg carrot, we will use only about 1 cup milk and then ½ cup grated khoya / mawa, ½ cup + 2 tbsp sugar. Follow the same method mentioned in the step by step pictures.

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