Carrot Halwa
Gajar Halwa
Posted By Savita
Gajar (Carrot) Halwa also known as gajrala is a traditional Punjabi dessert made with carrots and milk. Gajar Halwa is delicious warm or cold.
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Cuisine:
Indian
Category:
Dessert
Serves:
2
Ingredients
- 2 Cup Carrots
- 3 Cup Milk (Full Fat)
- 1 tsp Unsalted Butter (Or Ghee)
- 4 Cardamom (Whole)
- 2 tbsp Almonds (Sliced)
- 1/2 Cup Sugar
Directions
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1. Wash and peel carrots. Grate using coarse side/setting of grater/chopper. -
2. Heat butter/ghee in deep heavy bottom pan. Add few cardamoms and crushed almonds. Fry for 1 minute. Add milk and let it warm for 1-2 minutes. -
3. Add carrots and simmer (low heat) for 40 minutes. When milk is reduced to half of original quantity, add sugar. Almost all milk evaporates leaving behind soft creamy cooked carrots. -
4. Garnish with finely sliced alomnds and grated coconut. You can serve this dish hot or cold.
Savita's Recipe Notes:
For quick version, replace half milk with 1 cup condensed milk. This reduces the cooking time and also enhances the taste. Do not forget to adjust the amount of sugar if using sweetened condensed milk.© Chef De Home. Post content including video and photos are copyright protected.
8 Responses
Sumit
Just when I thought I could not eat another bite, this dish of Gajar ka Halwa (Carrot Halwa) was placed in front of me to led a nice sweet end to the dinner. The Halwa is made from a mix of minced carrot, nuts (pistachio and pine nuts in this case), milk, sugar, and spices like cardamon. The milk and the sugar combine to make a nice sweet syrup which is mixed in with the carrot and nuts. I think this is an excellent way to trick the kids into eating their carrots. In case you want to try this I found this recipe which seems to be fairly close to what we had through Servomni delightbite