Carrot halwa recipe

                                                       GAJAR KA HALWA

Gajar ka halwa, also known as gajorer halua, gajrela, gajar pak, and carrot halwa is a carrot-based sweet dessert pudding from the Indian subcontinent. It is made by placing grated carrots in a pot containing a specific amount of water, milk and sugar and then cooking while stirring regularly. 

INGREDIENTS

• Red carrot – 1 kg
• Milk – 3 cup
• Green cardamom powder – 1 tsp
• Ghee – 5 tbsp or more
• Sugar – 1 ½ cup or as per taste
• Badam – ¼ cup

PREPARATION –

1. Soak the badam in hot water for few hours.Peel the skin.and slice it thinly.
2. Peel the carrot and grate . Squeeze the excess water from it .

METHOD

Heat the ghee in a heavy bottomed pan.

Add the grated carrot and fry for 10  mins on low flame till the raw smell of the carrot disappears.

Add the milk and mix well.

Stir and cook till the milk completely evaporates.

Add sugar and cardamom pwdr  and cook till it turns reddish in colour and thickens.

Off the flame

Garnish with badam

Serve hot or chilled.

MORE HALWA RECIPES

Chana dal halwa

Dudhi ka halwa

Instant atta halwa

Sugar free gajar ka halwa with jaggery

Beetroot halwa

NOTES

1. Cook on low flame and fry the carrot well or your halwa will have raw taste.
2. Squeezing excess water helps reduce cooking time .It is optional .Water squeezed should not be thrown – use it for kneading dough /making soup /juice etc .
3. You can also add khoya .
4. Instead sugar you can use milk maid.
5. Milk pwdr gives more taste.
6. You can even give different shapes to the halva and serve
7. You can also make it in pressure cooker.

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