Gajar Ka Halwa | Carrot Pudding
Gajar Ka Halwa | Carrot Pudding

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, gajar ka halwa | carrot pudding. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious. Carrot Pudding is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Carrot Pudding is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook gajar ka halwa | carrot pudding using 7 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Gajar Ka Halwa | Carrot Pudding:
  1. Make ready 1 Kg Carrots (Grated)
  2. Make ready 1/2 cup/ As per taste Sugar
  3. Prepare 1 Litre full cream (I used 3.5% fat content)
  4. Prepare 2 Tbsp Desi Ghee/ Clarified butter
  5. Take 1 Tsp Choti Elaichi/Green Cardamom (Coarsely pounded)
  6. Get 1 cup Cashew nuts (some quartered & a few halved for garnishing)
  7. Prepare 1 cup Raisins

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. This recipe of Gajar ka Halwa is popular in Pakistan too.

Steps to make Gajar Ka Halwa | Carrot Pudding:
  1. Wash the carrots thoroughly. Cut & discard the ends.
  2. Peel & grate using the biggest holes of a Grater or use a Food Processor.
  3. Note: I used orange carrots because that’s what’s available here in the grocery stores in Canada.
  4. Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed skillet or pot. Tip in the grated carrots.
  5. Sauté over high heat for 5 minutes. Add the sugar & the Elaichi.
  6. Keep cooking on high heat until the carrots wilt & change colour and the sugar dissolves & the juices dry up.
  7. Pour the milk now. Reduce heat to medium. When the milk begins to boil, reduce the heat to low.
  8. Let it simmer uncovered until all the milk & moisture dries up, stirring frequently in between. *It takes about 2 hours to slow cook.
  9. Adjust sugar at this stage. When it is almost dry, increase the heat to medium & cook for 5-6 minutes or until the Halwaa comes together & it is completely dry.
  10. Remove form heat & add the cashew nuts & raisins. Stir well. Save a few to garnish.
  11. Serve warm.

A quintessential gajar ka halwa is a perfect blend of grated carrot, ghee, sugar milk and nuts. Here, grated carrot is first fried in ghee and then boiled in milk to get a creamy sweet dish of thick consistency. In this particular recipe, we replace calorific sugar with healthy sugar substitute that not only makes it healthier, but also keep up with the authentic taste and texture. Gajar ka Halwa is a famous and an all-time favourite dessert. Gajar ka halwa: One of the dishes for which foodies wait for the winter season or Lohri is 'Gajar Ka Halwa'.

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