Gajar ka Halwa ( Carrot Halwa)
Ingredients:
1 kg Carrots ( 2 lbs)
1 liter milk
2 tbs Ghee
5-6 Cardamom ( powdered)
2 tbs Condensed milk
Cashews
Raisins
Sugar
A pinch of Saffron
Preparation:
Grate the Carrots, and in a vessel add the grated carrot, milk and sugar ( you can add sugar as per your taste requirement). Now let the carrot cook in the milk till all of the milk evaporates(stir on a regular basis). Add the powdered cardamom in between. Add the condensed milk.(condensed milk is not a must, but gives a better taste). Fry the Cashews and Raisins in Ghee, later add it to the carrot cook for 2-3 minutes. Garnish with broken cashews and saffron.
July 12, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Hello, i just came out of my kitchen and made gajar ka halwa. Found you blog while browsing. And i made exactly the same way. I however used some more nuts and use carrots that are slightly red in colour, so that the colour of the halwa turns out good at the end, and is not orangish. I like it so.
July 13, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Hi Mona
Thanks for your post!!! yes the carrots which are reddish are the best for gajar ka halwa.
Meena
July 26, 2008 at 3:18 am
Hi, Who ever posted this recipe… Gajar ka halwa turns out to smell of raw carrot if u cook in milk(and it needs to be cooked for a very long time also). It is better and quicker to first fry the grated carrot in ghee n add sugar and cardamom powder after some time fry it untill cooked and then slitly blend littele grated carrot with milk(thick without water) in a blender and add this to the fried carrot, cook for a while(add condensed milk if preffered). fry the dry raisins, nuts,pista,cashews(which ever dry fruita preffered) and garnish it on the cooked carrot mixture.
This is a quicker and tastier method of Carrot(Gajar) Halwa.