Gajar Ka Halwa

Aruna Thapar
Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27
New Delhi

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Gajar ka Halwa is an Indian Carrot Pudding that is made with carrots, milk, sugar, ghee, cardamom, and nuts. It's delicious with a cup of chai. This recipe is widely popular in Northern India and is made during the winter harvest months, parties, and festivals.

Gajar Ka Halwa

#HFS
Gajar ka Halwa is an Indian Carrot Pudding that is made with carrots, milk, sugar, ghee, cardamom, and nuts. It's delicious with a cup of chai. This recipe is widely popular in Northern India and is made during the winter harvest months, parties, and festivals.

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Ingredients

60 minutes
Multiple serving
  1. 2 kgcarrots
  2. 1 litrefull cream milk
  3. 1/2 tspGreen cardamom powder
  4. 1/2 bowlmixed dry fruits
  5. 2 tbsp melon seeds
  6. 2 tbsp pure ghee
  7. 1 bowlsugar

Cooking Instructions

60 minutes
  1. 1

    1. Peel, Wash and chop carrots and transfer it in a heavy bottomed karahi. Cook it on low flame till its water dries up.

  2. 2

    2. Now add 1 litre milk and let it simmer on low flame till milk is absorbed by carrots. This process takes 40 - 50 minutes. In between keep stirring and mash it with a masher.

  3. 3

    3. Add green cardamom powder, dry fruits and melon seeds and mix well.

  4. 4

    4. Add ghee. Mix well. Cook on low flame for 5 minutes

  5. 5

    5. Now add sugar and stir well and cook till sugar dissolves completely in carrots. Keep on stirring continuously as after mixing sugar carrots may burn if not stir continuously.

  6. 6

    6. Serve hot with milk or as a dessert after meal.

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