Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, carrot halwa. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Put the carrots, pierced cardamom pods and milk in a heavy-based pan and bring to the boil. Carrot halwa is a Indian pudding made with fresh carrots, milk, sugar, ghee & nuts. It is made by simmering grated carrots in full fat milk & then sweetened with sugar.
Carrot Halwa is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Carrot Halwa is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have carrot halwa using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot Halwa:
- Get 2 Cups grated winter carrots(desi)
- Make ready 7-10 Soaked dates
- Get 1/2 cup dry fruit( Almonds,Cashews and pistachios soaked for 4 hrs)
- Take 1/2 tsp salt
- Get 1 tsp cardamom powder
- Get 1/4 Cup grated organic jaggery
- Make ready 1/2 Cup grated fresh coconut
- Take 6-7 Saffron Strands
By the way, in Punjab it is called halwa as Gajrela. During the winters season, we make gajar ka halwa mostly. Carrot Halwa also known as Gajar ka Halwa is popular in North India and it is generally made during the winter season. In carrot halwa recipe, carrots, milk, ghee and sugar are added.
Instructions to make Carrot Halwa:
- Deseed dates and Soak in warm water for 1 hour and Soak dry fruits for at least 4 hours to make them active.In mixi jar add Soaked dates with little water and Grind to fine paste.keep aside.Peel of Almonds and Chop Dry fruits.soak saffron in 1 tbsp warm water.In a mixi jar add fresh coconut and 1 Cup water Grind it to make fine puree.strain it to make Coconut milk.
- In a earthern pot add grated carrots, dates paste, salt and mix well.cover and let it cook on low flame.Stirr it occasionally.Add Coconut milk,and mix it.cover and cook for 10-12 min till carrot is cooked.Add saffron Soaked water.mix it.
- Add chopped nuts,Cardamom powder.Mix well.cook for 1-2 min.Never Heat Coconut on direct Heat as it looses it's nutrients.
- Satvik,nutritious,Delicious carrot halwa is ready.Keep in fridge for 30 min and Serve it by garnishing with nuts.
But you can also add cardamom powder and finely or roughly chopped dried fruits in it. You can also use milkmaid or khoya instead of milk and sugar. Once the milk has evaporated, add the Saffron milk (optional), add sugar, cashew, cardamom powder, cook the halwa till the milk has completely reduced. As Meera Sodha puts it in Fresh India:. Gajar Halwa (Carrot Halwa), an epitome of finest Indian sweets, is a delicious dessert prepared from carrot and milk.
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