Carrot Halwa (Gajar Ka Halwa)

Daxa Parmar
Daxa Parmar @Daxa_2367
Vadodara, Gujarat, India

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Carrot halwa also known as Gajar ka halwa or "Gajrela" is a traditional North Indian dessert made by simmering fresh grated carrots with full fat milk, sugar and ghee. This delicious dessert is delicately scented with cardamom powder and garnished with chopped nuts. Make this carrot halwa the old-fashioned way from scratch using whole milk. This classic dessert gets its name “Gajar Halwa” since carrots are known as “Gajar” in Hindi and Halwa is a pudding like dessert from Indian Sub-Continent. So gajar halwa is nothing but Indian carrot pudding.

Carrot Halwa (Gajar Ka Halwa)

#thc
#thcweek13
#carrot
#cookpadindia

Carrot halwa also known as Gajar ka halwa or "Gajrela" is a traditional North Indian dessert made by simmering fresh grated carrots with full fat milk, sugar and ghee. This delicious dessert is delicately scented with cardamom powder and garnished with chopped nuts. Make this carrot halwa the old-fashioned way from scratch using whole milk. This classic dessert gets its name “Gajar Halwa” since carrots are known as “Gajar” in Hindi and Halwa is a pudding like dessert from Indian Sub-Continent. So gajar halwa is nothing but Indian carrot pudding.

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Ingredients

40 minutes
5 person
  1. 1 kgcarrot
  2. 600 mlfull fat milk
  3. 200 gramsugar
  4. 1 tbspchopped almond
  5. 1 tbspchopped cashew nuts
  6. 1 tbspchopped pistachio
  7. 1 tbspraisins
  8. 1 tspcardamom powder
  9. 4 tbspghee

Cooking Instructions

40 minutes
  1. 1

    First wash and clean the carrots and then peel them and grate all carrots.

  2. 2

    Now take a pan. Add ghee and Heat ghee. When the ghee is hot, add carrots. Let it burn for a while on high flame. Stir constantly until the water in the carrots boils. Then slow down the gas flame and simmer till the carrots become soft.

  3. 3

    Now add milk to the carrots. Stir in the medium gas till the milk thickens.

  4. 4

    Now add sugar. Let it simmer on low flame till the sugar melts. Then add this dried fruit - almonds, cashews, pistachios, raisins and mix well. Satdvu till the ghee is released. Then turn off the gas flame.

  5. 5

    Now add ghee and add cardamom powder and mix it.

  6. 6

    Now this sweet dish carrot halwa is ready to eat. Now garnish this carrot halva with dried fruit in a serving bowl.

  7. 7
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