Carrot Halwa - submitted by Dahlia on 01-08-2008 (Gajar Ka Halwa)
Ingredients
Carrots - 2 cups (app. 4 carrots)
Milk - 2 cups
Sugar - 1 cup
Ghee - 2 tblsp
Nuts & Raisins - 1/4 cup (Almonds &/ Cashews)
Cardamon - 2 (crushed or use 1/4 tsp cardomom powder)
Method
1. Wash and peel the carrots and grate them or grind them. Grating leaves some texture
to the carrot at the end but grinding is equally good too.
2. Heat the ghee in a small pan and fry the nuts and raisins in it.
3. Heat the milk in a heavy bottomed pan and add the carrot to it.
4. Cover and cook it on medium flame, stirring occassionally to avoid sticking to the bottom.
5. After about 15-20 minutes, when all the milk is absorbed by the carrot, add sugar and stir continuously.
6. After about 8 minutes the oil starts getting separated from the halwa. At this stage add cardomom powder, fried nuts and raisins and 1 tblsp of ghee.
7. Mix for another minute and switch off.
Tips
- To make cardomon powder, grind it with little sugar to get a fine powder. Click to see Microwave recipe for carrot halwa... Comments Comment by teri stich stich
In this recipe for Carrot Halwa the amount of Cardamon is cut off so I don't know how much or if it's the powder or buds. Can you clarify please Reply :- You can use either crush 2 cardamom pods and use it or use 1/4 tsp of cardamom powder. |
Comment by Kokila Perumal on 04 April 2010 03:07AM Hi Dahlia, Iam a beginner and i wanted to try a sweet. this sounded simple and easy.. tried it and everyone at home liked it.. they wouldn't say otherwise!! thanks for the receipe :)
Will definitely do this :) Reply :- Hi Kokila, Nice to hear that your family members loved it. Keep trying different recipes confidently and soon you will become an expert cook. |
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