Gajar halwa

Name: Gajar halwa
Total time: 1800 s
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 250 kg Carrots; 1 cup Milk; 1 cup Sugar; 2 tsp Homemade ghee (clarified butter); 1 tbs Malai (Fresh Cream); 1 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder; 1 1/2 tbs Mixed Dry Fruits (Almonds, Pistachios, Cashewnuts)

Pooja M. Pandit @pan_poo_

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Gaajar Halwa is an Indian sweet made using carrots. It is a favourite dish during festivals or weddings or during winters when we get fresh sweet carrots.

Carrots are loaded with Vitamin A as well as fiber. Adding milk to this dish provides calcium too. But keeping all this apart, this is a favourite dish of my family too. Mawa or khoya is generally added to this dish which gives it a rich flavor and grainy texture. But I have avoided using it and added lots of milk which too gives the halwa a delicious flavour. A little homemade ghee gives it a wonderful flavour. Also, topping it with ice cream can be a fantastic option during parties.

Pooja M. Pandit @pan_poo_

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Ingredients

30 min

250 kgCarrots
1 cupMilk
1 cupSugar
2 tspHomemade ghee (clarified butter)
1 tbsMalai (Fresh Cream)
1 1/2 tspCardamom powder
1 1/2 tbsMixed Dry Fruits (Almonds, Pistachios, Cashewnuts)

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Steps

30 min

1

To make the Gajar Halwa, first wash and peel the carrots. Grate them in a food processor or with a grater.
2

Heat a heavy bottomed pan and add the homemade ghee to it.
3

Add to it the grated carrots and saute for a while.
4

Now add the milk and bring to a boil. Cook with the lid on for very few minutes.
5

Uncover and cook on high flame stirring occasionally till almost all the milk has evaporated.
6

Add the cardamom powder, malai and sugar and mix well. The sugar will become watery like a syrup and the mixture will seem quite loose.
7

Cook on high flame till all the sugar syrup dries up. Lower the flame to check the same.
8

Add the chopped dry fruits and mix well.
9

Garnish with some more dry fruits and serve during festivals or as a dessert after lunch or dinner.

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Pooja M. Pandit @pan_poo_

on December 15, 2018 17:30

I am a home cook, and I like to cook traditional as well as fusion food. Learnt to cook by trial and error and lots of experiments, reading cook books and watching cooking shows whether Indian or from abroad! I like to be perfect in my work, and the same applies to cooking as well! I have a blog on WordPress.com https://tastyrecipesfrompooja.wordpress.com/ where I share the recipes of my home cooked food!