Instant Carrot Halwa

Name: Instant Carrot Halwa
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: Many servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 kg carrots; 1 bowl sugar; 2 tbsp pure ghee; 1/2 bowl mawa; 1/4 bowl dessicated coconut; 1/4 bowl milk powder; 8-10 cashew nuts; 8-10 almonds; 10-12 pistachio; 10-12 raisins; 2 tb spoon melon seeds; 4 walnuts; 1/2 tsp Green cardamom powder

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

New Delhi

#dessert
Carrot halwa is a popular sweet made in North India, and it is especially popular during winters. The traditional gajar ka halwa recipe is made with only carrots, milk powder, ghee and sugar mixed with dry fruits.

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

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Ingredients

40 minutes

Many servings

2 kgcarrots
1 bowlsugar
2 tbsp pure ghee
1/2 bowlmawa
1/4 bowldessicated coconut
1/4 bowlmilk powder
8-10cashew nuts
8-10almonds
10-12pistachio
10-12raisins
2 tbspoon melon seeds
4walnuts
1/2 tspGreen cardamom powder

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Steps

40 minutes

1

Wash peel and chop carrots roughly.
2

Heat ghee in a pressure cooker. Add almonds and fry for 2 minutes. Add cashew nuts and walnuts and roast it on low flame for 1 minute and remove it in a plate.
3

Cut fried cashew and almonds in two halves. Add melon seeds and raisins and keep aside. Chop mawa roughly.
4

Now in the same pressure cooker add 1 tb spoon ghee and add chopped carrots and pressure cook till 2 whistles and switch off the flame and let pressure releases automatically. Open the lid.
5

Now mash carrots with a ladle and cook on low flame till water evaporates. Add sugar and cook till it dissolves and mixes well with carrots.
6

Now add milk powder, mawa, cardamom powder and dessicated coconut and mix and cook for 5 minutes.
7

Add all dry fruits and mix and cook till it turns thick. It may take 5 minutes.
8

Serve hot garnished with chopped dry fruits.