About Carrot Halwa Recipe:- The Carrot Halwa Recipe is immensely popular in India & is most often made in households. During winter when fresh carrots are in season. Carrot halwa also known as “Gajar Ka halwa “or Gajrela is a traditional North India deserts made by simmering fresh carrots with full-fat Milk, sugar, and ghee.
Ingredients for Carrot Halwa:-
- Carrot – 1 kg.
- Sugar – 250 grams
- Mawa- 250 grams
- Desi ghee – 1 table spoon.
- Raisins – 1 table spoon (separate the stems)
- Cashews – 25-30 grams (cut each into 4-5 pieces)
- Coconut – 1 table spoon (grated)
- Cardamom – 5-6 (peel and beat it)
How to make Carrot Halwa:-
- Wash 500 grams of carrots under running water. A little more or less is fine to use, but not a lot. A food processor quickens the process of grating. If you do not have cardamom powder, crush 4 green cardamom in a mortar pastel or a spice jar.
- On a low heat, roast 10 pistachios, 5 to 6 almonds, 5 cashew nuts until crunchy. Remove them to a chopping board, cool them, and chop them. fry them in one tablespoon of ghee until golden and crunchy. Set aside. If you prefer to use raisins.
- Next to the same pan , pour 2 cups milk and begin to heat it.
- grated carrots. if using regular carrots and not red carrots than you can the carrots in 1 tablespoon ghee until a nice aroma comes out then pour milk.
- Stir and cook on a medium flame Keep stirring to prevent burning at the bottom. Since I used a heavy bottom pan. I didn’t have to stir very often.
- Stir and cook on a medium flame Keep stirring to prevent burning at the bottom. Since I used a heavy bottom pan. I didn’t have to stir very often.
- Cook until the milk completely evaporated.
- Next, add half cup + 2 tablespoon sugar and stir.
- Sugar melts and carrot halwa turns gooey once again .stir and cook when the moisture is half evaporated , add 1 tablespoon ghee and stir well .
- Stir and cook until the halwa thickens. Just before you finish off, add half a teaspoon of cardamom powder. ready Carrot halwa.
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