Recipe : Carrot Halwa - Gajar ka Halwa

Preparation Time : 50 minutes
Serves : 5-6

Ingredients :

• Carrots – 1 kg

• Milk – 1 litre

• Sugar – 1 cup

• Green cardamom powder – 1 tsp

• Ghee – 100 gm

• Khoya – 60 gm

• Flaked almonds – 3 tbsp

• Crushed pistachio – 4 tsp

• Raisins – 5 tsp

Method :

• Peel, wash and grate the carrots.

• Grate the khoya.

• Heat ghee in wok, add the carrots and the khoya (leaving 2 tsp for garnishing) and sauté for 1 – 2 minutes.

• Now add the milk and cook on medium flame, stirring at regular intervals initially and then continuously for 10 – 15 minutes.

• Add sugar, raisins and cardamom and again cook for a further 10 – 15 minutes or till carrots are tender and the liquid has evaporated.

• Once the Halwa starts leaving the sides of the wok, lower the flame and cook for 1-2 minutes stirring vigorously.

• Remove from flame.

• Serve hot or cold garnished with khoya.





Tips & Variations

• You can use bottle gourd instead of carrots.