Gajar/Carrot ka Halwa
Gajar/Carrot ka Halwa

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, gajar/carrot ka halwa. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

During winters, I make gajar ka halwa often. It is a popular sweet made in north India during winters. By the way, in Punjabi language we call carrot halwa as gajrela. This traditional carrot halwa recipe is made with only whole or full-fat milk, ghee and sugar.

Gajar/Carrot ka Halwa is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Gajar/Carrot ka Halwa is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have gajar/carrot ka halwa using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Gajar/Carrot ka Halwa:
  1. Prepare 1 kg carrot
  2. Get 1/2 kg milk
  3. Get 1 cup Desi Ghee
  4. Take 1/2 cup chopped almonds,pistachios,cashews
  5. Make ready 1 tsp Green cardamom powder
  6. Get 1/2 cup milk powder/khoya (Optional)
  7. Prepare 2 cups sugar

Gajar is the Hindi word for carrots and halwa is a pudding like dish. Gajar Ka Halwa is one dish where the sweetness of the carrots is allowed to shine. This sweet pudding mainly associated with North India, especially Punjab, is a rich, creamy dessert made using carrots, sugar and full cream milk or condensed milk and khoya. I haven't heard of any Indian who doesn't love a good carrot halwa.

Instructions to make Gajar/Carrot ka Halwa:
  1. Wash carrots thoroughly under running water. Peel and fine grate them. A food processor quickens the process of grating. So if you have food processor, you can use it. You can use hand grater too.
  2. Make sure you use a heavy bottom large pot or pan for this recipe as it helps to prevent the halwa from sticking to the bottom and burning.
  3. On a low heat, roast 10 pistachios, 5 to 6 almonds and 5 cashew nuts until crunchy. Remove them to a chopping board, cool and chop them. OR Alternately chop the nuts first and fry them in one tablespoon ghee until golden and crunchy. Set aside.
  4. In a heavy bottom pan or kadhai Add grated carrots then you can saute the carrots in ghee until a nice aroma comes out then pour milk.
  5. Stir and cook on a medium flame. Keep stirring to prevent burning at the bottom. Since I used a heavy bottom pan, I didn’t have to stir very often. But I suggest consistently keep checking otherwise the halwa will stick at the bottom. Cook until the milk completely evaporates.
  6. Next add sugar and stir. Sugar melts and Stir and cook. When the moisture is half evaporated, add 1 tablespoon ghee,milk powder and stir well.
  7. Stir and cook until the halwa thickens. Just before you finish off, add 1teaspoon cardamom powder.
  8. Finally garnish carrot halwa with nuts Serve chilled or warm. Gajar/Carrot Halwa is ready to have.ENJOY.

This sweet pudding mainly associated with North India, especially Punjab, is a rich, creamy dessert made using carrots, sugar and full cream milk or condensed milk and khoya. I haven't heard of any Indian who doesn't love a good carrot halwa. Gajar ka halwa is also prepared by various methods to save time and energy. one of the popular ways currently is the instant pot method, instead of slow cooking carrots with milk on the stove top, here carrots are cooked with small amount of milk but fast in the cooker. Then khoya, sugar and ghee are added and cooked till the halwa thickens. Carrot halwa / Gajar Ka halwa is a popular indian sweet recipe often served as dessert in many restaurants.

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